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Sleeping through dialysis: No nightmare for kidney patients

Dialysis takes hours of kidney disease patients' time several days a week, so why not do it at night while sleeping? Overnight dialysis is more convenient for some patients and offers significant benefits over shorter daytime ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New urine test detects common cause of kidney transplant failure

A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in the February 2009 issue of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0