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Study finds lower intellectual functioning in kids with chronic kidney disease

Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may have lower intellectual functioning compared with the general population, with mild deficits across academic skills, executive function, and visual and verbal memory.

24 Feb 2018

Study highlights risks involved in short-term use of PICCs

Many hospital patients get medicine or nutrition delivered straight into their bloodstream through a tiny device called a PICC. In just a decade, it's become the go-to device for intravenous care.

24 Feb 2018

Portable ultrasound can help better detect fluid in the lungs of patients with end-stage kidney disease

A portable ultrasound can help nephrologists better detect fluid in the lungs of patients with end-stage kidney disease, according to a study by physicians at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

22 Feb 2018

Beetroot may reduce kidney failure risk after heart x-ray, research reveals

Beetroot may reduce the risk of kidney failure in patients having a heart x-ray, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London.

22 Feb 2018

Scientists successfully produce functioning human kidney tissue

Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science.

9 Feb 2018

Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes-related microvascular complications in obese patients

In a BJS analysis of published studies in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, researchers found that weight loss surgery helps prevent the development of microvascular complications—which affect small blood vessels—better than medical treatment.

5 Feb 2018

New report breaks down costs involved in treating complications of type 2 diabetes

Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have examined health insurance data of more than 300,000 people with diabetes in Germany.

5 Feb 2018

Trial uses water as treatment for polycystic kidney disease

Researchers from Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Institute for Medical Research in Australia are developing a safe, cheap and effective method to treat polycystic kidney disease; drinking the right amount of water.

30 Jan 2018

New clinical study tests effectiveness of water to treat polycystic kidney disease

A cheap, safe and effective treatment to polycystic kidney disease may soon be available, thanks to a new national clinical out of Westmead, Australia, which is trialing water to treat the disease.

29 Jan 2018

New method may help improve patients' chances of receiving life-saving kidney transplants

A new method may be useful for assessing dialysis facilities' performance concerning referrals to transplant centers.

27 Jan 2018

Researchers report racial and ethnic differences in live donor kidney transplants

Despite efforts over the past two decades to increase the number of black and Hispanic patients receiving kidney transplants from related or unrelated living donors, these racial/ethnic minority patients are still much less likely to undergo such transplants than white patients, Johns Hopkins researchers report.

24 Jan 2018

Experts call for action to reduce burnout among kidney specialists

Kidney specialists face increasing work demands, high rates of burnout, and declining interest in nephrology as a career.

11 Jan 2018

Computer model based on AI improves analysis of kidney biopsies

The ability to quantify the extent of kidney damage and predict the life remaining in the kidney, using an image obtained at the time when a patient visits the hospital for a kidney biopsy, now is possible using a computer model based on artificial intelligence.

11 Jan 2018

Study finds persistent racial and ethnic disparities in live donor kidney transplantation

Black and Hispanic patients are less likely than white patients to receive a live donor kidney after two years on a waiting list, with an increase in disparity over the last two decades.

2 Jan 2018

Extracellular vesicles can be used to effectively delay progression of kidney damage

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that extracellular vesicles - tiny protein-filled structures - isolated from amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSCs) can be used to effectively slow the progression of kidney damage in mice with a type of chronic kidney disease.

15 Dec 2017

Study finds improvements in survivals rates of individuals with kidney failure

Individuals with kidney failure have a much higher risk of dying prematurely than people in the general population, but a new analysis indicates that this excess risk is falling.

15 Dec 2017

Experts call for rigorous clinical trials in use of experimental fetal therapy

Citing uncertainties about the risks and benefits of an experimental therapy for fetuses whose kidneys do not develop, bioethicists at Johns Hopkins and a team of medical experts are calling for rigorous clinical trials in the use of a potential treatment, known as amnioinfusion.

12 Dec 2017

Many discarded donor kidneys could be used for transplantation

When researchers examined information on pairs of kidneys from the same donor in which 1 kidney was used but the other was discarded, the kidneys that were used tended to perform well even though they were similar in quality to their partner kidneys that were not used.

8 Dec 2017

Metabolites significantly affected in chronic kidney disease, study finds

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 1 in 7 people in the United States, according to the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases.

22 Nov 2017

Study: Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants linked to reduced kidney risks

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown a link between which type of oral anticoagulant (blood-thinning medication) a patient takes to prevent a stroke and increased risks of kidney function decline or failure.

20 Nov 2017

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Latest Dialysis News and Research

Study finds lower intellectual functioning in kids with chronic kidney disease

Study highlights risks involved in short-term use of PICCs

Portable ultrasound can help better detect fluid in the lungs of patients with end-stage kidney disease

Beetroot may reduce kidney failure risk after heart x-ray, research reveals

Scientists successfully produce functioning human kidney tissue

Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes-related microvascular complications in obese patients

New report breaks down costs involved in treating complications of type 2 diabetes

Trial uses water as treatment for polycystic kidney disease

New clinical study tests effectiveness of water to treat polycystic kidney disease

New method may help improve patients' chances of receiving life-saving kidney transplants

Researchers report racial and ethnic differences in live donor kidney transplants

Experts call for action to reduce burnout among kidney specialists

Computer model based on AI improves analysis of kidney biopsies

Study finds persistent racial and ethnic disparities in live donor kidney transplantation

Extracellular vesicles can be used to effectively delay progression of kidney damage

Study finds improvements in survivals rates of individuals with kidney failure

Experts call for rigorous clinical trials in use of experimental fetal therapy

Many discarded donor kidneys could be used for transplantation

Metabolites significantly affected in chronic kidney disease, study finds

Study: Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants linked to reduced kidney risks

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