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
A transplant and a cure: Penn team eradicates hepatitis C in 10 patients supriya kashyap kashyap5 May 2017 10:59 AM ISTTen patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were...
Kidney transplants from diabetic donors will save more lives, sooner: ASN Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 May 2017 2:57 PM ISTPHILADELPHIA -- There are more than 98,000 people currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the United States. But the organs are in short supply:...
Herbal products compromise prescription drugs, cause serious side effects Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTAn analysis of published studies and reports indicates that a number of herbal products may affect the properties of prescription drugs, leading to...
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...
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...
