Skin Sodium Content Linked To Heart Problems In Patients With Kidney Disease: ASN study supriya kashyap kashyap6 Feb 2017 11:00 AM ISTHighlight Elevated sodium content in the skin correlates closely with left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with chronic kidney diseaseWashington...
Researchers develop potential treatment for fatal kidney disease supriya kashyap kashyap19 Feb 2017 10:39 AM ISTResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with a California biotech firm, have developed a potential drug to treat polycystic kidney...
Many Patients on blood-thinning drugs for atrial fibrillation not getting right dose, finds Mayo Study Ruby khatun khatun7 Jun 2017 10:29 AM ISTAlmost 1 in 6 of the millions of Americans on the new blood-thinning medications for atrial fibrillation, a common heart condition characterized by an...
Intensive BP lowering reduces CKD patients risk of premature dying: SPRINT TRIAL Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Jun 2017 9:54 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : According to a recent clinical trial, intensive blood pressure lowering benefits patients with chronic kidney disease.The...
Maharashtra : 6.24 kg kidney removed, doctors say it’s world’s largest Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Jun 2017 8:34 PM ISTKolhapur: At Wanless (Mission) Hospital in Miraj, Sangli district, a team of Surgeons led by Dr Niket Shah operated upon a 50-year-old man suffering...
Is Steroid Treatment Safe in IgA nephropathy? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Aug 2017 11:30 AM ISTAmong patients with IgA nephropathy and excess protein in their urine, treatment with pills of the steroid methylprednisolone was associated with an...
Heartburn medicine can increase risk of kidney disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Aug 2017 10:30 AM ISTPeople who take proton pump inhibitors for stomach acid reflux run a greater risk of chronic kidney disease than those who take H2-receptor...
Cancer drug may benefit patients with inherited form of kidney disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Aug 2017 9:20 AM ISTA cancer drug called bosutinib may inhibit the growth of cysts in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), according to a...
Breathing dirty air harms kidney Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Sept 2017 10:10 AM ISTOutdoor air pollution has long been linked to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Air pollution causes millions of cases of kidney disease each year Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTThe global toll of chronic kidney disease (CKD) attributable to air pollution is significant, according to an analysis that will be presented at ASN...
Contrast agents considered safe in angiography don't actually prevent acute kidney failure Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Nov 2017 7:15 PM ISTTreatments commonly used to prevent acute kidney failure and its complications arising from common angiography procedures make no difference to health...
Tolvaptan slows kidney function decline in Polycystic kidney disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Nov 2017 7:28 PM ISTA phase 3 trial studying the effects of tolvaptan has found that the drug slowed the rate of decline in kidney function in patients with the most...
