Diabetes patients warned of increased kidney failure risk
InTheNews.co.uk
… audit revealed a third of people with diabetes did not have their urine tested, a vital step in identifying the early signs of diabetic kidney disease. …

Wellness by the numbers
Joliet Herald News
“Knowing these numbers can tell you if you are at a greater risk for heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease,” Pollastrini said. …

Study suggests limiting blood flow interruption during kidney surgery
Oneindia
… the blood flow for more than 20 to 25 minutes during kidney cancer surgery leads to a greater risk for patients developing chronic kidney disease. …

Gout Drug Benefits Kidney Disease Patients
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — A drug commonly used to treat gout may help maintain kidney disease patients’ health, according to an analysis appearing in an upcoming issue of …

Type 1 diabetes affects every aspect of daily life
USA Today
Untreated hyperglycemia, when blood sugar runs too high, can lead to long-term problems over the years, including kidney disease, blindness and limb …
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Treating anaemia in patients with kidney disease
The Virtual Medical Centre
In light of recent findings that an anaemia-fighting drug doubles the risk of stroke in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) without …

Control kidney disease through diet
Times of India
Although chronic kidney disease has silently afflicted a large number of Indians, a strictly regimented diet and lifestyle can ease the disease burden. …

Living the sweet life
Malaysia Star
… diabetes or pre-diabetes are often told about the long-term complications – heart attack and stroke, blindness, kidney disease, and limb amputations. …

Severe Kidney Disease Needs Complex Management Case vignette describes …
ModernMedicine
6 (HealthDay News) — Aggressive management is required for patients with stage IV chronic kidney disease, according to an article in the Jan. …

Pharmacists Improve Care of Diabetics While Cutting Costs, Research Shows
Science Daily (press release)
Higher A1Cs indicate that a patient is at higher risk for developing long-term complications associated with diabetes, such as kidney disease or vision …

Losing weight may help preserve kidney function: a video Health Tip
Plain Dealer
By Robert Higgs, The Plain Dealer Video: Dr. Sankar Navaneethan of the Cleveland Clinic discusses potential benefits that obese people with kidney disease …

Prognosis: Numbers Rise in a Diabetes Forecast
New York Times
As affected people live longer, they will have more opportunities to develop complications, including end-stage kidney disease, amputations and blindness, …

Dramatic Surge in Diabetes Expected by 2034
HealthNews
… damaging nerves and blood vessels and leading to complications, such as heart disease, end-stage kidney disease, stroke, blindness, and amputation. …

Better health, take charge: Basic lifestyle changes can fend off hypertension
Memphis Commercial Appeal
If you have diabetes or heart or kidney disease, you should get your pressure checked more often. Get off the couch. Control your weight and exercise. …

Why should we Stop Diabetes?
Louisville Courier-Journal
Every day, nearly 200 people with diabetes have parts of their leg amputated because of diabetic neuropathy, 120 people enter end-stage kidney disease …

Hardworking kidneys deserve good treatment
The Durango Herald
Chronic kidney disease is among the leading causes of chronic illness in the United States. Death rates from chronic kidney disease in the United States …

Overnight dialysis is considered for patients
News Chief
… improve not only the quality but the cost of caring for end-stage kidney-disease patients – more than $60000 a year for each patient on hemodialysis. …

Kidney doctors concerned by Medicare financing
USA Today
Some of the many questions facing the care of kidney disease patients would require action by Congress, but other improvements could be achieved without any …

Top Ten Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease
EmpowHer
Kidney failure, requiring dialysis or transplant, can often be prevented with early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease. …

DIY dialysis: Home treatment returns kidney disease patients to …
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Of the 22 million Americans now with some form of kidney disease, about 390000 are sick enough to require dialysis to survive. In hemodialysis, the most …

At-home dialysis touted as the next best thing
Globe and Mail
21, 2009 10:20AM EDT Patients with life-threatening kidney disease who are treated with home dialysis have survival rates that are comparable to those who …

Dialysis treatment in USA: High costs, high death rates
USA Today
… and it needs the best justification imaginable that more dialysis would be better,” says Eggers, the kidney disease institute epidemiologist. …

Mutation in Renin Gene Linked to Inherited Kidney Disease
HealthNewsDigest.com
A genetic mutation in the gene that encodes renin was first identified as the cause of an hereditary kidney disease by a research group led by Stanislav …

For Some Kidney Patients, Home Dialysis Is Better
MSN Health & Fitness
1, 2010, patients with chronic kidney disease must be counseled about their treatment options. This provision is intended to give patients an opportunity to …

Fresh-Meat Additives May Be Dangerous for Kidney Patients
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
THURSDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — Additives used to “enhance” uncooked meat and poultry can pose serious health risks for people with kidney disease, …

Lab Test Predicts Acute Kidney Injury in ICU Patients
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Another study in the journal showed the promise of this new test, as urine NGAL can help diagnose HIV-related kidney disease in African-Americans and black …

Prehypertension, Obesity And Kidney Disease Risks
Science Daily (press release) – USA
sciencedaily (July 21, 2009) — People with prehypertension are not at increased risk of kidney disease if their body mass index (BMI) is under 30.0 kg/m2, …

Campaign highlights reducing kidney disease
San Angelo Standard Times – san angelo,tx,USA
This year, the campaign is highlighting the importance of high blood pressure as the key symptom and cause of chronic kidney disease. …

Chronic kidney disease unknown by most Americans because of lack …
LubbockOnline.com – Lubbock,TX,USA
One disease that appears to be off the radar for many Americans is chronic kidney disease or CKD. Most people feel fine because of lack of symptoms, …

Measuring Quality of Life in Patients with Hereditary Kidney Disease
Newswise (press release) – USA
Findings indicate that patients with this condition, (the most common form of hereditary kidney disease) need better tests to adequately measure quality of …

Daniels proclaims March as Kidney Month
Terre Haute Tribune Star – Terre Haute,IN,USA
Nearly 600000 Hoosiers suffer from chronic kidney disease, a condition in which their kidneys are not functioning properly. Most of these individuals don’t …

Drinking Soda Pop Doubles Risk of Kidney Disease
Natural News.com – Phoenix,AZ,USA
But, especially if you are a woman, you could be setting yourself up for kidney disease. Researchers from Loyola University Health System say they’ve found …

Dietary Aid Helps Kidney Patients Stay Safe
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
10 (HealthDay News) — Too much dietary intake of phosphorus can be dangerous for people with kidney disease, but a new educational aid helps patients …

Fluoridation Ineffective & Harmful, studies show
Cherry Hill Courier Post – Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
… the National Kidney Foundation dropped its fluoridation support replacing it with this caution: “Individuals with CKD [Chronic Kidney Disease] should be …

Fast food could harm kidney patients
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
People with advanced kidney disease should avoid fast and processed food that contains phosphorus additives. High blood levels of phosphorus can lead to …

Task Force Alerting Nevadans to ‘Silent’ Killer Disease Crisis
SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USA
17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects 20 million people, is now the ninth leading cause of death in the US and it is …

Tracking and Treating Anemia in Elderly Patients
National Anemia Action Council – Milwaukee,WI,USA
11 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is exceedingly common in the elderly, since renal function declines with age. CKD commonly leads to anemia, and is another …

Anemia and Risk of Hospitalization in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease
National Anemia Action Council – Milwaukee,WI,USA
Anemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and is largely due to a decrease in erythropoietin production. In both pediatric and adult …

Task force recommends more funding to fight chronic kidney disease
News-Leader.com – Springfield,MO,USA
By Mike Penprase • News-Leader • January 10, 2009 An increasing rate of chronic kidney disease in Missouri should prompt more spending to fight a disease …

Hypertension Is a Major Complication for Kidney Disease Patients …
Insciences Organisation – Basel,Switzerland
Approximately 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease. An estimated 50 percent of these patients will not die of kidney failure, …