News tagged with chronic complications
Protein loss in the urine harmful for people with high blood pressure
Healthy people with high blood pressure who excrete a slight excess of protein in the urine raise their risk of developing kidney and heart complications. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Geneticists hunt for scleroderma triggers
At its most benign, the autoimmune disease scleroderma can discolor parts of the skin of its sufferers. At its most pernicious, it can thicken and harden their skin, their blood vessels, and their internal organs before, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Hypertension and diabetes are concern in long-term care of liver transplant patients
A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients ...
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Acute kidney injury patients more likely to need dialysis within 5 years
Patients who sustain injury to their kidneys and require in-hospital dialysis are three times more likely to need long-term dialysis later in life compared to those without a history of this condition, says a new study from ...
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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Stem cell transplantation helps patients with diabetes become insulin free
The majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent a certain type of stem cell transplantation became insulin free, several for more than three years, with good glycemic control, and also increased C-peptide levels, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 14, 2009 |
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