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Canadian Research Firm Says Survival Chances in Renal Disease Increases With...
Opting for intensive kidney dialysis at home instead of conventional dialysis in clinics could increase the survival chances of patients with end stage renal disease according to a new study conducted...
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Current Children Counter Less Racial Disparities In Kidney Transplantation
Racial disparities in kidney transplantation among children is cut down by a policy instituted in 2005 states study emerging in an upcoming issue of the iJournal of the American Society Nephrology/i...
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Obese Kidney Donors Risk Complications During Surgery
People who are morbidly obese are barred from donating their organs, as they are at an increased risk of developing complications during surgery, finds a research. In the analysis of 104 potential...
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Rituximab Doesn't Help Children With Kidney Disorder
The immune drug rituximab doesn't help to treat children with a particular kidney disorder that is unresponsive to standard treatments, finds a study. The drug rituximab, an antibody that targets the...
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Robot-assisted Surgery to Treat Kidney Cancer
Robot-assisted surgery replaced invasive operation as the primary treatment to treat kidney cancer, reveals research conducted by Henry Ford Hospital urologists. While the study shows that...
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Effect of Gender on Kidney Cancer Procedures
Women do better than men after surgical removal of part or all of a cancerous kidney, but need more blood after kidney cancer surgery, reveals study. But Henry Ford Hospital researchers who documented...
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Poorer, Sicker Medicare, Medicaid Patients may Not Get Safer Kidney Cancer...
A new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital says that a common and safer type of surgery for kidney cancer is not as likely to be used for older, sicker and poorer patients who are uninsured or...
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Simple Procedure Reduces High BP in Kidney Disease Patients
A simple procedure has been found effective in improving the heart health in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Disrupting certain nerves in the kidneys can safely and effectively...
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Oldest Living Kidney Donor in Britain at 83 Years
Nicholas Crace continued doing his bit to help patients in Hampshire, England, by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in Britain at the age of 83 years. Crace is a volunteer driver at the local...
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Research Sheds Light on Open Heart Surgery and Kidney Disease Patients
A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the iJournal of the American Society of Nephrology/i (JASN) says that one type of open heart surgery is likely safer than the other for chronic kidney disease...
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Occurrence Of Kidney Stones Doubles In Wake Of Obesity Outbreak: Study
According to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and RAND, the number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994....
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Infections May Be Lethal For Kidney Failure Patients
An infection called peritonitis may be a deadly condition for some kidney failure patients. The infection has been found to arise weeks before the death of dialysis patients, according to a study...
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Obesity Raises Kidney Damage Risk After Heart Surgery
Obesity increases kidney damage risk in patients after heart surgery but effective antioxidants or other therapies that reduce oxidative stress might help lower this risk, according to a study. Acute...
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Aggressively Controlling Glucose Levels may Not Reduce Kidney Failure in...
Intensively controlling glucose (glycemic) levels in type-2 diabetes patients may not reduce the risk of kidney failure, according to a finding by the researchers of Yale School Of Medicine. The...
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Impact of Weight-loss Diet on Kidney Function in Obese Population - An...
The incidence of obesity has been rapidly mounting in people causing serious health concerns affecting the heart, mental health, and even other vital organs such as the kidneys. A recent study on...
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Rampant Kidney Trafficking Annually Revealed by WHO
Illicit kidney trade is now full-fledged to the extent of nearly 10,000 black market operations involving buying of illegal human organs take place every year, or more than one an hour, experts at...
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Researchers Manage to Treat Renal Failure Through Intravenous Kidney Cell...
An intravenous kidney cell transplant for kidney failure could be a reality in the near future after researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine revealed that they have successfully managed...
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New Immune Therapy Benefits Kidney Cancer Patients
Novel immune therapy shows promise in reducing tumors in advanced kidney cancer patients, reveals study. The results of an expanded Phase 1 trial presented at the American Society of Clinical...
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Novel Treatment Protocol for Kidney Cancer
New type of radioimmunotherapy delivers a powerful dose of radiation at the site of cancerous tissue, say researchers. The agent is able to hone in on the disease, called clear cell renal carcinoma,...
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Threat Of Post-Operative Acute Kidney Failure Cut Down by Aspirin Ahead of...
Aspirin consumed for a period of five days before a heart surgery can halve the numbers of people developing post-operative acute kidney failure, states research presented at the European...
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