News tagged with kidney damage
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 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.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Genetic ancestry data improve diagnosis in asthma and lung disease
Americans with lung disease may face a far greater level of lung damage than either they or their doctor suspect, depending on their individual genetic heritage, according to a study to be released July 7. The research implications ...
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Immune cell's role in lupus nephritis demonstrated
National Institutes of Health scientists have discovered that the activation of immune cells called basophils causes kidney damage in a mouse model of lupus nephritis. These findings and the team's associated research in ...
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Jun 01, 2010 |
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Acetaminophen protects kidneys after muscle injury
Severe muscle injuries -- such as crush injuries suffered in earthquakes, car accidents and explosions, and muscle damage from excessive exercise or statin drug interactions - can cause life-threatening kidney damage. Treatment ...
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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Anti-aging gene linked to high blood pressure
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have shown the first link between a newly discovered anti-aging gene and high blood pressure. The results, which appear this month in the journal ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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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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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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.
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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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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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