News tagged with chronic kidney
Phosphorous in sodas and processed foods accelerates signs of aging, scientists say
Here's another reason to kick the soda habit. New research published online in the FASEB Journal shows that high levels of phosphates may add more "pop" to sodas and processed foods than once thought. That's because resear ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 26, 2010 |
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How to ... avoid kidney stones
These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Researchers develop method for curbing growth of crystals that form kidney stones
Researchers have developed a method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, may offer a pathway to a new method for the pr ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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UCLA team uncovers mechanism behind organ transplant rejection
UCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest new therapeutic approa ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Baking soda: For cooking, cleaning, and kidney health?
A daily dose of sodium bicarbonate -- baking soda, already used for baking, cleaning, acid indigestion, sunburn, and more -- slows the decline of kidney function in some patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Risk of death in general population independently predicted by both low kidney filtration rate and high albumin: creatin
A meta-analysis of more than a million people in populations across Europe, the USA, Australia, and Asia has shown that both glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (the rate at which blood is filtered by the kidneys) and levels ...
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May 17, 2010 |
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Anti-aging hormone Klotho may prevent complications
Low levels of the anti-aging hormone Klotho may serve as an early warning sign of the presence of kidney disease and its deadly cardiovascular complications, according to findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Cut down on salt, government says -- and calories
(AP) -- You should eat less salt, the government says. A lot less. It won't be easy. Consumers will need help from food companies if they are going to meet the government's ambitious new goals, announced ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Proteins from garden pea may help fight high blood pressure, kidney disease
Researchers in Canada are reporting that proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a natural food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Link found between depression, early stages of chronic kidney disease
One in five patients with chronic kidney disease is depressed, even before beginning long-term dialysis therapy or developing end-stage renal disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Race Shown to Affect Severity of Lupus Disease
In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, their race can affect how severe the disease will become, according to a new study.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Gene for devastating kidney disease discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital have identified an important genetic cause of a devastating kidney disease that is the second leading cause of kidney failure in ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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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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Kidney disease hides in people with undiagnosed diabetes
Millions of Americans may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not know it, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Millions of Americans in early stages of kidney disease need stroke monitoring
Millions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation (AF) - a major risk factor for stroke - according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 28, 2010 |
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