News tagged with kidney patients
Hello wearable kidney, goodbye dialysis machine
Researchers are developing a Wearable Artificial Kidney for dialysis patients, reports an upcoming paper in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). "Our vision of a technological breakthrough ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Blood vessels made from patients' cells
(AP) -- Scientists have grown blood vessels for kidney patients from their own cells, making it easier and safer for them to use dialysis machines, a new study says.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Canadian researchers discover new way to prevent infections in dialysis patients
Researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat dialysis catheter malfunction in kidney dialysis patients may now also help prevent both malfunction as well as infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 26, 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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Just drop it: The one-size-fits-all approach to blood sugar control, that is
Aggressive blood sugar control does not improve survival in diabetic patients with kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results s ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Cutting dietary phosphate doesn't save dialysis patients' lives
Doctors often ask kidney disease patients on dialysis to limit the amount of phosphate they consume in their diets, but this does not help prolong their lives, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 09, 2010 |
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New approach may help dialysis patients fight anemia
A new drug called FG-2216 can stimulate production of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) in dialysis patients—possibly offering a new approach to treatment of kidney disease-related anemia, according to a study appearing ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 29, 2010 |
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New allocation formula could prevent waste and transplant delays
Only a small fraction of transplant centers nationwide are willing to accept and transplant deceased-donor kidneys that they perceive as less than perfect, leading to lengthy, organ-damaging delays as officials use a one-by-one ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Doctors embrace social networking
In the waiting room, the patient's family members circled a Blackberry. About every 15 minutes, Dr. Carlos Wolf of Miami Plastic Surgery gave them a few keystrokes of information about how the patient was doing.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Microscopic 'beads' could help create 'designer' immune cells that ignore transplanted organs
The future of organ transplantation could include microscopic beads that create "designer" immune cells to help patients tolerate their new organ, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Diabetics are not benefiting from advances in kidney care
Despite significant advances in kidney care over the past 20 years, efforts to improve therapy for type 1 diabetes patients with kidney dysfunction remain unsuccessful, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Radiation increases cancer risk for dialysis patients
High radiation doses put a significant number of dialysis patients at increased risk of cancer, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results sugges ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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When a kidney transplant fails, home-based dialysis is an option
Patients returning to dialysis after kidney transplant failure present unique challenges compared with other dialysis patients: they have been exposed to very powerful immunosuppressive medications and have been on dialysis ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Disparities in physician demographics linked to patient disparities
Significant disparities exist between the race of kidney disease patients and that of the physicians who will care for them, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Ne ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Lean on me: Social support is critical to dialysis patients' health
Dialysis patients with little social support from friends and family are more likely to ignore doctors' orders, experience a poorer quality of life, and die prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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