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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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover molecular pathway for organ tissue regeneration and repair

Scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that works through the immune system to regenerate damaged kidney tissues and may lead to new therapies for repairing injury in a number of organs systems.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune system 'atlas' will speed detection of kidney transplant

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have devised a new way to decode the immune signals that cause slow, chronic rejection of all transplanted kidneys. They've created ...

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bloody urine after injury in children not always cause for alarm

Few things are more startling to parents than the sight of a child?s bright red-colored urine. Yet, blood in the urine? especially microscopic blood found during routine well-child visits? is fairly common, usually temporary ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study finds airbags reduce risk of kidney injury in car crashes

Occupants in motor vehicles with airbags are much less likely to suffer kidney or renal damage in a crash than are occupants in vehicles without airbags, according to a new study in the September Journal of the American Co ...

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created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers Discover How Folate Promotes Healing In Spinal Cord Injuries

(PhysOrg.com) -- The vitamin folate appears to promote healing in damaged rat spinal cord tissue by triggering a change in DNA, according to a laboratory study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

FDA cracks down on illegal supplements

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on manufacturers of certain weight loss, body building and sexual enhancement supplements that contain potentially dangerous ingredients.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wartime urologic injuries require different mindset

Saving a soldier's life takes precedence over treating traumatic urologic injuries on the battlefield, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.

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created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Kidneys from cardiac-death patients perform as well as those from brain-dead patients

The number of people on the kidney transplant waiting list in the UK continues to increase with over 7000 patients currently waiting for transplant and only 1600 kidney transplants performed from deceased donors each year. ...

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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Weekend hospital admissions are higher risk for patients with acute kidney injury

Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) who are admitted to the hospital on a weekend are more likely to die than those admitted on a weekday, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American So ...

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created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidney injury linked to greater risk of death among pneumonia patients

Patients hospitalized with even mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia who develop acute kidney injury (AKI) are more likely to die after discharge than pneumonia patients whose kidneys remain healthy, according to ...

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created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New lab test helps predict kidney damage

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage

A key player in a cascade that likely begins with stress and leads to high blood pressure and kidney damage has been identified by researchers who say the finding may lead to better ways to control both.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidney damage from medical imaging procedures can cause long-term health problems

Kidney injury that can arise after undergoing certain medical imaging procedures increases a patient's risk of having a stroke or heart attack over the next year or two, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1