Global Warming May up Chronic Kidney Disease supriya kashyap kashyap10 May 2016 9:04 AM ISTNew York : Climate change is likely to accelerate rates of chronic kidney disease worldwide as rising temperatures and heat stress harm kidneys.New...
Increase vitamin D levels to cut kidney problems supriya kashyap kashyap18 Jun 2016 2:28 PM ISTLondon : A deficiency in the amount of vitamin D in the body may lead to high risk of chronic kidney diseases, especially in children, says a new...
Premature infants more likely to develop chronic kidney disease supriya kashyap kashyap31 July 2016 1:31 PM ISTNew York : Premature infants are twice as likely to develop chronic kidney diseases like acute kidney injury (AKI) and kidney failure compared with...
Vitamin D Deficiency in Children with CKD supriya kashyap kashyap23 Nov 2016 2:00 AM ISTHighlights Two-thirds of the children with kidney disease were classified as vitamin D deficient. Children with kidney disease who took vitamin D...
American Society of Nephrology recommends organ donation by older deceased patients supriya kashyap kashyap16 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTKidneys from elderly deceased individuals can function for years after transplantation
Many Kidney Failure Patients Lack Advance Directivies Near The End of Life: ASN supriya kashyap kashyap13 Jan 2017 10:00 AM ISTHighlights Among nursing home residents in the last year of life, patients with kidney failure were far less likely to have advance directives that...
Limiting Salt Consumption Lowers BP In Patients in CKD: ASN Study supriya kashyap kashyap20 Feb 2017 10:00 AM ISTHighlights Receiving advice on limiting salt consumption helped kidney disease patients lower their systolic blood pressure by an average of 11...
Novel treatment benefits patients with metabolic acidosis and kidney disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Nov 2017 7:15 PM ISTPatients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often develop a condition called metabolic acidosis, which is characterized by an imbalance in acid...
Study shows children with CKD may have lower IQ Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Feb 2018 7:15 PM ISTDr.Kerry Chen, (The Centre for Kidney Research, University of Sydney, in Australia) and her colleagues examined all of the published evidence on...
DOAC use linked with higher bleeding risk in patients of CKD Vinay Singh singh15 July 2018 7:20 PM ISTCertain anticoagulants approved to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) may cause a higher risk of bleeding in patients suffering from chronic kidney...
Tolvaptan delays kidney failure in polycystic kidney disease Vinay Singh singh23 July 2018 8:10 PM ISTLong-term efficacy of tolvaptan used to treat patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), a common cause of kidney failure...
High-dose influenza vaccine lowers hospitalization rates in dialysis patients Vinay Singh singh24 Oct 2018 7:05 PM ISTA new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) reports that receipt of high-dose compared with standard...
