ADA 2019 Highlights: Primary And secondary Prevention Outcomes From CREDENCE Dr. Kartikeya16 Jun 2019 7:02 PM ISTThe CREDENCE Trial outcomes came as a big win for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), considering the high...
TAVR in End-stage renal disease has high mortality and bleeding risk: JACC Deepanjana Sarkar14 Jun 2019 8:20 PM ISTEnd-stage chronic kidney disease, CKD patients who go for Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, TAVR are at a significantly higher risk of hospital...
CREDENCE Trial Unfolds the Potential of SGLT2 inhibitor Canagliflozin for Indian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients Dr. Kartikeya12 Jun 2019 7:17 PM ISTSGLT2 Inhibitor Canagliflozin becomes the first therapy in 15 years that has been demonstrated to slow down the progression of CKD in patients with...
No benefit of Prednisolone beyond 8 weeks in Initial Episode of Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome: BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jun 2019 8:10 PM ISTAn extended 16-week course of prednisolone treatment in children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome does not improve clinical outcomes compared...
Viral study suggests an approach that may decrease kidney damage in transplant patients Hina Zahid5 Jun 2019 7:15 PM ISTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - While studying one of the smallest DNA viruses known, Sunnie Thompson, may have found a new way to help prevent kidney damage...
Blood test could give two month warning of kidney transplant rejection Dr. Kartikeya4 Jun 2019 7:20 PM ISTNew research from the NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre has found a way to predict rejection of a kidney transplant before it...
Breakthrough!! Bioengineered vessel for dialysis evolve as patient's own blood vessel after implantation Deepanjana Sarkar2 Jun 2019 7:25 PM ISTA team of U.S based researchers developed a bioengineered blood vessel also known as the human acellular vessel (HAV) that recellularizes and evolve...
Golden Dewdrop (D. erecta) leaves may cure Kidney Stones, finds AYUSH study Deepanjana Sarkar27 May 2019 7:25 PM ISTThe leaves of D. erecta, also known as ‘golden dewdrops’ can be used as a potential anti-urolithiasis agent for kidney stone removal, suggests a study...
Unusual form of CKD epidemic linked to occupational heat exposure Hina Zahid26 May 2019 7:10 PM ISTChronic kidney disease, common in agricultural workers in El Salvador and Nicaragua, was also found in 12 percent of sample of brick makers.For two...
An 84-year-old man donates kidney, becomes oldest living kidney donor in the United States Hina Zahid24 May 2019 6:00 PM ISTAn 84-year-old Texas man recently became the oldest living kidney donor in the country after donating one of his kidneys to his 72-year old neighbour...
Drug combo safe, effective for patients with resistant high BP and kidney failure Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 May 2019 8:28 PM ISTHigh blood pressure (BP) may lead to chronic kidney failure an chronic kidney failure contributes to increase of blood pressure, BP. It is therefore a...
Case of Liver Involvement in Polycystic Kidney Disease reported in NEJM Hina Zahid16 May 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Mehmet E. Adin at Tatvan Can Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey have reported a rare case of Liver Involvement in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney...
