Posted on July 15, 2009 by blogfrogger
ScienceDaily — Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (kidney disease), which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. These findings appear in the July 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Posted on July 15, 2009 by blogfrogger
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp295- Pauly, et al.-These results indicate that NHD and DTX survival is comparable, and suggest that this intensive dialysis modality may be a bridge to transplantation or even a suitable alternative in the absence of LTX in the current era of growing transplant waiting lists and organ shortage.
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Posted on July 15, 2009 by blogfrogger
BBC News-During the surgery a small 10mm incision was made in the crevice of Estelle’s belly button and a “single access port” inserted through which instruments and a small camera were fed.
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Posted on July 15, 2009 by blogfrogger
Posted on July 15, 2009 by blogfrogger
This study evaluated the correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of hemodialysis (HD) patients in Taiwan. Participants had to complete two questionnaires: the 36-item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire and the Royal Free Interview for Spiritual and Religious Beliefs.
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by blogfrogger
Hemodialysis International-Kidney/Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines recommend baseline echocardiography at the initiation of dialysis and every 3 years thereafter in patients for early detection of cardiac disease to optimize medical therapy. Because dialysis patients are at increased cardiovascular risk and thus most are already on cardioprotective medications, we hypothesize that serial screening echocardiography will not alter cardioprotective medications in dialysis patients.
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by blogfrogger
Hemodialysis International-Khedr E et al. – Patients treated with rHuEPO showed less insulin resistance compared with patients not treated with rHuEPO in diabetic and nondiabetic patients and, duration of erythropoietin treatment is negatively correlated with insulin levels and insulin resistance in HD patients.
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by blogfrogger
Cancer Causes and Control-The findings provide evidence that a diet rich in β-carotene and lutein/zeaxanthin may play a role in RCC prevention.
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by blogfrogger
Paul van den Bosch is a 54-year-old GP based in Surrey. He became a “living donor” in April 2008, giving one of his kidneys to someone he had never met. Here he describes how he made the decision, and shares his thoughts a year on
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Posted on June 22, 2009 by blogfrogger
Journal of Renal Nutrition, 06/22/09 – Moretti HD et al. – In-center supplementation of protein generally improves serum markers of nutrition overall, and when it is discontinued, these markers decline. Larger studies are needed to confirm the trends that we observed regarding nutritional markers and reductions in hospitalizations and hospitalization days.
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