News tagged with kidney function
Help your kidneys: Pass on salt and diet soda
Individuals who consume a diet high in sodium or artificially sweetened drinks are more likely to experience a decline in kidney function, according to two papers being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's annual ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2009 |
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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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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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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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Quick test for prostate cancer
A new 3-minute test could help in diagnosing prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the UK, according to scientists.
May 19, 2009 |
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'Silent strokes' linked to kidney failure in diabetics
In patients with type 2 diabetes, silent cerebral infarction (SCI) -- small areas of brain damage caused by injury to small blood vessels -- signals an increased risk of progressive kidney disease and kidney failure, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Team makes breakthrough demonstration of pH-regulating protein
Researchers have identified the protein mechanism that senses bicarbonate fluctuations and adjusts blood pH levels.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Small amounts of lead may damage children's kidneys
Small amounts of lead in the bodies of healthy children and teens — amounts well below the levels defined as "concerning" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — may worsen kidney function, according ...
Jan 11, 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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Increasing the number of kidney transplants
In most transplant centers, the kidneys of very young deceased donors are transplanted together into one patient. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (C ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise in Treating Kidney Disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- An anti-convulsant drug commonly used to treat epilepsy reduces cysts in mice that are associated with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a difficult to treat ailment that afflicts 600,000 people in the United ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Kidney disease patients benefit from surgery to prevent stroke
Physicians should be comfortable referring some patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for effective stroke prevention surgery, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Reduced kidney function, high levels of protein in urine associated with adverse outcomes
Patients with high levels of proteinuria (protein in urine) in addition to another marker of reduced kidney function had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, heart attack or progression to kidney failure, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Genetically modified cell procedure may prove useful in treating kidney failure
A protein whose primary role is in the embryonic development of kidneys may play a future role in treating kidney failure.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Specific kidney cell could be key in the treatment of kidney failure in diabetes
Diabetes is the leading reason for kidney failure in the world, resulting in patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation. New research has found a cell in the kidney called the podocyte could be the key to understanding ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Renal function
Renal function, in nephrology, is an indication of the state of the kidney and its role in renal physiology. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) describes the flow rate of filtered fluid through the kidney. Creatinine clearance rate (CCr) is the volume of blood plasma that is cleared of creatinine per unit time and is a useful measure for approximating the GFR. Both GFR and CCr may be accurately calculated by comparative measurements of substances in the blood and urine, or estimated by formulas using just a blood test result (eGFR and eCCr).
The results of these tests are important in assessing the excretory function of the kidneys. For example, grading of chronic renal insufficiency and dosage of drugs that are primarily excreted via urine are based on GFR (or creatinine clearance).
It is commonly believed to be the amount of liquid filtered out of the blood that gets processed by the kidneys. Physiologically, these quantities (volumetric blood flow and mass removal) are only related loosely.
For more information about Renal function, read the full article at
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