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Nephrology is a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney.

NIH grant for Mount Sinai to study use of inhaled corticosteroids for treatment of sickle cell disease

The Departments of Emergency Medicine and Hematology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health toward further study of inhaled corticosteroids to treat sickle cell disease in individuals who do not have asthma.

14 Aug 2018

Keck Medicine of USC's hospitals ranked among nation's best for the 10th consecutive year

For the 10th consecutive year, Keck Medicine of USC's hospitals have been ranked among the country's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

14 Aug 2018

Switching anti-psychotic drugs in first-episode schizophrenia patients does not improve clinical outcomes

Switching anti-psychotic medications does not improve clinical outcomes in patients with first-episode schizophrenia who haven't responded to treatment, Mount Sinai researchers have shown for the first time.

14 Aug 2018

AI platform identifies acute neurological illnesses faster than human diagnosis

An artificial intelligence platform designed to identify a broad range of acute neurological illnesses, such as stroke, hemorrhage, and hydrocephalus, was shown to identify disease in CT scans in 1.2 seconds, faster than human diagnosis, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today in the journal Nature Medicine.

14 Aug 2018

Simple score helps predict which hospitalized heart attack patients are at high risk of readmissions

Tracking just seven factors of heart attack patients when they are first admitted to the hospital can help flag those most at risk for 30-day readmission, researchers from UT Southwestern found.

13 Aug 2018

Scientists discover biomarker for kidney cancer

Scientists have discovered a new blood biomarker that could help predict the risk of kidney cancer.

13 Aug 2018

New marker in the blood could help predict person's risk of developing kidney cancer

Scientists have discovered that a marker in the blood could help predict the risk that a person will develop kidney cancer, according to research published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.

13 Aug 2018

Advances in treating hep C lead to new option for transplant patients

After her kidneys failed from the same illness that took the lives of her mother and brother, Anne Rupp went on dialysis in May 2016, spending three hours a day, three times a week undergoing the blood-cleaning procedure. She hated it.

13 Aug 2018

Oxidative Stress Hampers Blood Vessel Dilation in Men

Higher levels of oxidative stress in males results in lower levels of cofactor BH needed to make the powerful blood vessel dilator nitric oxide.

13 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

MSU researchers uncover the effects of aging on regenerative ability of kidneys

Autophagy is a process of destruction and processing of damaged cell components by the cells themselves. It is used by a cell to clean itself of excessive organelles and sometimes for self-execution. This adaptive mechanism supports a healthy phenotype on the cellular level.

13 Aug 2018

NIH awards $6.5 million to establish multi-institution biomedical technology resource center

The National Institutes of Health have awarded $6.5 million to a consortium that includes the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the University of Washington, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Auckland, New Zealand, to establish the Center for Reproducible Biomedical Modeling.

13 Aug 2018

FDA approves first oral medication for treatment of adults with Fabry disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Galafold (migalastat), the first oral medication for the treatment of adults with Fabry disease.

10 Aug 2018

Novel blood-based marker may help predict kidney cancer years before clinical diagnosis

A critical biomarker of kidney disease may help predict clear cell kidney cancer - the most common form of kidney cancer - years before clinical diagnosis. Kidney-injury-molecule-1 can be detected in the urine and blood and is generally present at low levels in healthy individuals.

10 Aug 2018

Kidney transplant chains save more lives than kidney exchanges, shows research

New research from the UBC Sauder School of the Business has found that transplant societies which prioritize kidney transplant chains over kidney exchanges can increase the total number of transplants, thereby saving more lives.

10 Aug 2018

Older kidney disease patients on dialysis have higher dementia risk

Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, according to a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

9 Aug 2018

RNA and DNA sequencing platform matches broader swath of drugs to late-stage cancer patients

A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple myeloma patients by determining which drugs would work best for them, according to results from a clinical trial published in JCO Precision Oncology in August.

9 Aug 2018

New CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial targets solid tumors

Seattle Children's has opened a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy trial for children and young adults with relapsed or refractory non-central nervous system EGFR-expressing solid tumors. In the phase 1 trial, STRIvE-01, cancer-fighting CAR T cells will target the EGFR protein expressed in many childhood sarcoma, kidney and neuroblastoma tumors.

7 Aug 2018

Study could help explain why Asians often develop diabetes at a lower body weight

A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent put on weight -- a finding that could help explain why Asians often develop type 2 diabetes at a much lower body weight than Caucasians.

7 Aug 2018

Young children are more vulnerable to climate-related health risks, shows study

Young children are far more vulnerable to climate-related disasters and the onus is on adults to provide the protection and care that children need, according to research by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

7 Aug 2018

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NIH grant for Mount Sinai to study use of inhaled corticosteroids for treatment of sickle cell disease

Keck Medicine of USC's hospitals ranked among nation's best for the 10th consecutive year

Switching anti-psychotic drugs in first-episode schizophrenia patients does not improve clinical outcomes

AI platform identifies acute neurological illnesses faster than human diagnosis

Simple score helps predict which hospitalized heart attack patients are at high risk of readmissions

Scientists discover biomarker for kidney cancer

New marker in the blood could help predict person's risk of developing kidney cancer

Advances in treating hep C lead to new option for transplant patients

Oxidative Stress Hampers Blood Vessel Dilation in Men

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

MSU researchers uncover the effects of aging on regenerative ability of kidneys

NIH awards $6.5 million to establish multi-institution biomedical technology resource center

FDA approves first oral medication for treatment of adults with Fabry disease

Novel blood-based marker may help predict kidney cancer years before clinical diagnosis

Kidney transplant chains save more lives than kidney exchanges, shows research

Older kidney disease patients on dialysis have higher dementia risk

RNA and DNA sequencing platform matches broader swath of drugs to late-stage cancer patients

New CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial targets solid tumors

Study could help explain why Asians often develop diabetes at a lower body weight

Young children are more vulnerable to climate-related health risks, shows study

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