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Researchers find pet kidney injuries are similar to human kidney injuries
When evaluating early kidney injuries in people, doctors monitor blood level increases of creatinine, a waste product of muscle breakdown, to understand the severity of the injury. Creatinine is filtered by the kidneys, and ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Diabetes becomes a disease of the young
Some people say aiming to look sleek in your swimsuit or wedding duds is the biggest motivator for losing weight. But Mike Durbin's incentive for dropping pounds beats all.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Longterm kidney threat in E. coli victims
(AP) -- As Europe's E. coli crisis wanes, some experts are now warning of a looming threat: possible long-term kidney complications for many of the victims.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes
(AP) -- When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.
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May 30, 2011 |
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Research brings new hope of renal recovery for cancer patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Birmingham has identified a 21 day treatment threshold to facilitate renal recovery and significantly improve survival rates of myeloma or Kahler's ...
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Watchdog group makes 2nd push to ban diet pill
(AP) -- For the second time in five years, public health advocates are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban a fat-blocking drug sold over-the counter and via prescription, pointing to new reports of kidney ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Researchers develop real-time method to detect kidney damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant enough ...
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Feb 14, 2011 |
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Stem cell transplants help kidney damage
Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells (RPCs), (kidney stem cells derived from self-donors), into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis - a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney - has ...
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Feb 14, 2011 |
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Diabetes in pregnancy a risk for mom years later
(AP) -- A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for moms' future health - one that too many seem to be missing.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Seeing kidney injury, as it happens
The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant enough to indicate kidney damage - and ...
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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US orders more testing of chromium-6 in tap water
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked local US communities to test more carefully for hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Scientist haunted by misuse of drugs he invented
David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street drugs, sometimes causing overdose deaths.
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Jan 05, 2011 |
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US water has large amounts of likely carcinogen: study
A US environmental group has found that drinking water in 35 American cities contains hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Dec 19, 2010 |
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African-Americans with high blood pressure need treatment sooner, more aggressively
According to a consensus statement by the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB), high blood pressure in African-Americans is such a serious health problem that treatment should start sooner and be more aggressive. ...
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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New warning signs may predict kidney transplant failure
Kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of th ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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