Protective effect of diabetes drugs against kidney failure
A new meta-analysis has found that SGLT2 inhibitors can reduce the risk of dialysis, transplantation, or death due to kidney disease in peop...
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Showing posts with label Kidney Disease News -- ScienceDaily. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kidney Disease News -- ScienceDaily. Show all posts
Friday, 6 September 2019
Friday, 17 May 2019
Biomarkers to diagnose serious kidney allergic reaction
Researchers say they have identified two protein biomarkers in urine that may one day be used to better diagnose acute interstitial nephriti...
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Thursday, 16 May 2019
Genomic collision may explain why many kidney transplants fail
Up to one in seven kidney donors and recipients may have a type of genetic incompatibility that leads to organ rejection, researchers have f...
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Saturday, 11 May 2019
Chronic kidney disease epidemic in agricultural workers: High heat, toxins
A mysterious epidemic of chronic kidney disease among agricultural workers and manual laborers may be caused by a combination of increasingl...
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019
New novel circulating proteins involved in progression of DKD to ESRD
Seventeen proteins, called the Kidney Risk Inflammatory Signature (KRIS), could allow doctors to determine the risk of progression to end st...
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Thursday, 18 April 2019
Drug reduces risk of kidney failure in people with diabetes, study finds
A new landmark clinical trial shows that a drug lowers the risk of kidney failure by a third in people with Type 2 diabetes and kidney disea...
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New genetic factors linked to kidney stones
Researchers have discovered new genetic factors that likely contribute to the development of kidney stones. The findings may be useful for p...
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Itchy skin affects the health and quality of life of many patients with kidney disease
New research reveals that pruritus, or itchy skin, affects a substantial percentage of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study...
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Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Too much of a good thing? High doses of vitamin D can lead to kidney failure
A 54-year-old man, after returning from a trip to Southeast Asia where he spent much of his holiday sunbathing, showed increased levels of c...
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Monday, 1 April 2019
First ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant
For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV. A multidisciplinary team c...
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Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Peptide shows promise for protecting kidneys from nephritis
A synthetic peptide appears to directly disrupt the destructive inflammation that occurs in nephritis, enabling the kidneys to better recove...
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Central American kidney disease epidemic linked to occupational heat exposure
For two decades, Nicaragua and El Salvador have seen increasing mortality from an unusual form of chronic kidney disease (CKD), also called ...
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Cell therapy could replace need for kidney transplants
Scientists are working on a promising approach for treatment of chronic kidney disease -- regeneration of damaged tissues using therapeutic ...
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
Common acid reflux medications linked to increased kidney disease risk
Mining a large database of adverse reactions to medications, UC San Diego researchers found that people who took proton pump inhibitors for ...
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Monday, 11 February 2019
NSAID impairs immune response in heart failure, worsens heart and kidney damage
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are widely known as pain-killers and can relieve pain and inflammation. Researchers found ...
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Scientists seeking to regrow kidneys make promising discovery
Scientists seeking to regrow damaged kidneys have discovered that blocked kidneys in newborns have a remarkable ability to repair themselves...
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One step closer to growing made-to-order human kidneys
Researchers successfully used stem cells to grow mouse kidneys inside rats. from Kidney Disease News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2G9rjpj...
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Prediction tool for kidney stones
Kidney stones are a common and painful condition, with many sufferers experiencing recurrent episodes. Most people who pass an initial stone...
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Monday, 4 February 2019
Extremely high blood pressure in African-Americans is 5 times the national average
Extremely high blood pressure that leads to strokes, heart attacks and acute kidney damage, classified as hypertensive emergency, is five ti...
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Monday, 28 January 2019
New kidney research sheds light on harms of certain drugs
Scientists have identified an enzyme that is a 'master regulator' of kidney function that if excessively suppressed, can trigger ren...
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