Chronic Kidney Disease News and Research

Latest Chronic Kidney Disease News and Research

UCI study finds new cause of cerebral microbleeds

A team of researchers including UCI project scientist Rachita Sumbria, PhD and UCI neurologist Mark J. Fisher, MD have provided, for the first time, evidence that blood deposits in the brain may not require a blood vessel tear.

25 Sep 2018

NIH funds CWRU to investigate new imaging approach for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a three-year, $1,118,556 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate a new imaging approach for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease, a common and potentially serious circulatory problem. More than 200 million people worldwide suffer from the condition.

18 Sep 2018

New statement provides detailed overview of how to diagnose, treat resistant hypertension

Resistant hypertension affects 12 percent to15 percent of patients treated for high blood pressure according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

14 Sep 2018

Consuming more caffeine may help reduce risk of death for people with kidney disease

A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation indicates that consuming more caffeine may help reduce the risk of death for people with chronic kidney disease.

12 Sep 2018

People with acute critical illness have increased risk of kidney complications and death

Acute critical illness in people without previous renal disease puts them at risk of kidney complications as well as death, according to a study in published in CMAJ

10 Sep 2018

Imaging with CMR can improve detection of cardiac injury in lupus patients

The number of diagnoses of systemic lupus erythematodes has tripled over the past 45 years - due in part to improved diagnostic methods.

7 Sep 2018

Innovative questionnaire reveals most common symptoms reported by people with kidney disease

A team of researchers from Leicester has developed an innovative questionnaire which helps to shed light on the most common symptoms reported by people suffering from kidney disease.

4 Sep 2018

Study demonstrates cardiovascular safety of weight loss drug

A weight loss drug does not increase cardiovascular events, according to late breaking results from the CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

27 Aug 2018

Patients with blood pressure must start treatment with two drugs as a single pill

A single pill with two drugs could transform blood pressure treatment, according to the 2018 European Society of Cardiology and European Society of Hypertension Guidelines on arterial hypertension published online today in European Heart Journal, and on the ESC website.

25 Aug 2018

Study: Air pollution can fuel chronic kidney disease

There is good evidence that polluted air increases the risk of respiratory problems such as asthma -- as well as organ inflammation, worsening of diabetes and other life-threatening conditions.

25 Aug 2018

Biologic, environmental factors may be possible culprits for racial disparities in CKD progression

Although black and Hispanic veterans with chronic kidney disease are more likely than white patients to see a kidney specialist- a nephrologist- they are more likely to suffer disease progression from early stage to advanced kidney disease, reports a study published this month in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

24 Aug 2018

Researchers engineer peptide nanoparticles to outsmart biological system and target kidney cells

Remember the scene in the movie Mission: Impossible when Tom Cruise has to sneak into the vault? He had to do all sorts of moves to avoid detection. That's what it's like to sneak a targeted drug into a kidney and keep it from getting eliminated from the body.

22 Aug 2018

Federal grant extends and expands research into acute kidney failure

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has renewed a grant shared by the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine that will extend and expand research into acute kidney failure, or acute kidney injury, which affects about 1.2 million hospitalized patients per year and kills 70 to 80 percent of patients in intensive care units who develop the disease.

22 Aug 2018

Researchers receive multi-million-dollar grant to expand kidney research

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine have received renewed grant funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand research into the areas of acute kidney failure and acute kidney injuries.

21 Aug 2018

Exercise reduces symptoms and fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease

Just 12 weeks of aerobic and strength-based exercise reduces symptoms and levels of fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease, a study in Leicester has found.

16 Aug 2018

Medical nutrition therapy provided by RDNs benefits patients with chronic kidney disease

According to a new review, approximately 30 million Americans – about 15 percent of adults – have chronic kidney disease, a number that is expected to increase in the next 20 years due to rising obesity rates and longer lifespans, but the majority of chronic kidney disease patients aren't receiving potentially lifesaving treatment.

13 Aug 2018

Research: Having large muscle size could 'outweigh' poor muscle quality in CKD patients

The size of muscles in patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease could be more important to maintaining good physical performance than muscle quality, new research has shown.

6 Aug 2018

Researchers identify genes linked to childhood nephrotic syndrome

Childhood nephrotic syndrome is the most frequently occurring chronic kidney disease among children. A Japanese research team has identified a group of genes that are strongly related to the development of childhood nephrotic syndrome.

27 Jul 2018

Aggressive lowering of blood pressure reduces MCI risk, study shows

Significant reductions in the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and the combination of MCI and dementia, have been shown for the first time through aggressive lowering of systolic blood pressure in new research results from the federally-funded SPRINT MIND Study reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2018 in Chicago.

25 Jul 2018

Researchers explore why heart failure and kidney disease correlate

People with chronic kidney disease are at unusually high risk of also developing cardiovascular disease; in fact, a patient with non-dialysis kidney disease is more likely to die of heart failure than to develop end-stage kidney failure.

24 Jul 2018

Chronic Kidney Disease News and Research

Latest Chronic Kidney Disease News and Research

UCI study finds new cause of cerebral microbleeds

NIH funds CWRU to investigate new imaging approach for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease

New statement provides detailed overview of how to diagnose, treat resistant hypertension

Consuming more caffeine may help reduce risk of death for people with kidney disease

People with acute critical illness have increased risk of kidney complications and death

Imaging with CMR can improve detection of cardiac injury in lupus patients

Innovative questionnaire reveals most common symptoms reported by people with kidney disease

Study demonstrates cardiovascular safety of weight loss drug

Patients with blood pressure must start treatment with two drugs as a single pill

Study: Air pollution can fuel chronic kidney disease

Biologic, environmental factors may be possible culprits for racial disparities in CKD progression

Researchers engineer peptide nanoparticles to outsmart biological system and target kidney cells

Federal grant extends and expands research into acute kidney failure

Researchers receive multi-million-dollar grant to expand kidney research

Exercise reduces symptoms and fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease

Medical nutrition therapy provided by RDNs benefits patients with chronic kidney disease

Research: Having large muscle size could 'outweigh' poor muscle quality in CKD patients

Researchers identify genes linked to childhood nephrotic syndrome

Aggressive lowering of blood pressure reduces MCI risk, study shows

Researchers explore why heart failure and kidney disease correlate

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