Excessive vitamin D may lead to kidney failure- Too much of good thing turning bad Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 April 2019 7:15 PM ISTHave you heard of Kidney Damage due to High Dose of Vitamin D?Too much of good thing may not be good always, in fact, it may turn rather bad. This...
More than half of elderly CKD patients die within a year of beginning dialysis: JAMA Dr. Kartikeya30 April 2019 7:20 PM ISTMore than half of elderly patients of CKD die within a year of beginning dialysis and nearly one in four succumbed to the disease within a month of...
SGLT2 inhibitors and Atrasentan- New options to slow CKD progression in Diabetes Dr. Kartikeya2 May 2019 7:02 PM ISTSodium-glucose transport inhibitors (SGLT2 inhibitors) and Atrasentan are two new and emerging treatment options to slow Chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
Simultaneous three kidney transplant performed by Kovai Medical Center doctors Deepanjana Sarkar2 May 2019 6:00 PM ISTIt is well proven that kidney transplantation transforms the lives of patients with end-stage kidney failure. The main limiting factor in kidney...
Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome Revisited Hina Zahid12 May 2019 7:28 PM ISTHemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a group of blood disorders characterized by low red blood cells, acute kidney failure, and low platelets. Triad of...
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...
World Tobacco Day Special: Smoking and its impact on the Kidneys, sexual function & fertility! Hina Zahid30 May 2019 7:02 PM ISTSmoking is a common habit among men in both urban and rural India. Sadly, there is also a significant rise in number of women smokers, in last few...
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...
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...
New drug compound could treat polycystic kidney disease Hina Zahid20 Jun 2019 7:05 PM ISTScientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to treat common genetic kidney...
New 3D MRI technique can spot heart muscles scar without using contrast agents Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli28 Aug 2019 7:30 PM ISTNew 3D MRI technique can spot heart muscles scar without using contrast agents and is therefore safe for kidneys.Researchers at WMG, University of...
Gout patients at more than 'double the risk' for kidney failure: BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 Aug 2019 9:04 AM ISTIreland: Gout patients are at more likely to develop chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, a recent study published in the BMJ journal has...
