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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.

LA BioMed's physician-researchers named among Southern California Super Doctors for 2015

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute's physician-researchers continue to rate among the nation's and the region's best doctors, with 44 of them listed among Southern California Super Doctors for 2015 or set to be listed among America's Top Doctors when it issues its 2015 publication later this year.

22 Jan 2015

Alzheimer's drug Aricept (donepezil) linked to serious side effects

New warnings have been added to the prescribing information for the Alzheimer's drug Aricept (donepezil) advising of the risk of two rare but potentially serious conditions: muscle breakdown (rhabdomyolysis) and a neurological disorder called neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).

21 Jan 2015

Researchers reveal key factor in understanding elevated cancer risk linked to gene therapy

National Institutes of Health researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. They conducted research on mice with a rare disease similar to one in humans, hoping their findings may eventually help improve gene therapy for humans. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of NIH, published their research in the Jan. 20, 2015, online issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

21 Jan 2015

Patients who receive lungs from heavy drinkers more likely to develop severe primary graft dysfunction

Lung transplant patients who receive lungs from heavy drinkers are nearly nine times more likely to experience a life-threatening complication called primary graft dysfunction, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.

20 Jan 2015

DaVita Rx celebrates ten years of service

DaVita Rx, a full-service pharmacy created for patients with chronic conditions such as those with kidney disease, is celebrating a decade of accomplishments as an integrated pharmacy for patients with complex conditions across the country.

19 Jan 2015

EKF highlighting heat and humidity compatible POC hemoglobin analyzer at Arab Health 2015

EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics company, announces that it will be highlighting the robustness of its new DiaSpect Tm POC hemoglobin analyzer.

From EKF Diagnostics 15 Jan 2015

PTEN protein helps prevent autoimmune diseases

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered that a protein widely known for suppressing tumor formation also helps prevent autoimmune diseases and other problems by putting the brakes on the immune response.

15 Jan 2015

Endocrinology Network offers up-to-date coverage of SGLT2 inhibitors

UBM Medica US announces that Endocrinology Network, a leading online community for endocrinologists and other clinicians who treat patients with T2DM offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.

15 Jan 2015

Asian and Hispanic patients with lupus have lower mortality rates

A new study by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts reveals that Asian and Hispanic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have lower mortality rates compared to Black, White, or Native Americans with the disease.

15 Jan 2015

Urinary levels of novel biomarkers linked to adverse long-term outcomes in AKI patients

High levels of two novel urinary biomarkers early in critical illness are associated with adverse long-term outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), according to an international, multi-center study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Researchers.

14 Jan 2015

3SBio, PharmAbcine sign licensing agreement to develop and market DIG-KT

3SBio Inc., a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, today announced it has entered into an exclusive licensing deal with PharmAbcine Inc. for the development, manufacturing and marketing of DIG-KT, a bi-specific monoclonal antibody ("mAb") targeting both VEGFR2/KDR and Tie-2 pathways for cancer in the territory of Greater China (including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) and Korea.

14 Jan 2015

Mayo Clinic expert explains difference between severe sepsis and septic shock

Sepsis can be a dangerous complication of almost any type of infection, including influenza, pneumonia and food poisoning; urinary tract infections; bloodstream infections from wounds; and abdominal infections.

14 Jan 2015

QDREC software may help find effective treatment for schistosomiasis

For decades, scientists around the world have worked to develop a treatment for schistosomiasis, a debilitating water-born parasite that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. To aid this research, Rahul Singh, professor of computer science at San Francisco State University, has developed software that solves the key challenge of quantitatively assessing the impact of a drug on the parasite.

14 Jan 2015

DPS Health states that tackling Emergent-Risk cohort becomes a high priority

The Emergent-Risk population represents one of the greatest threats to population health and will overwhelm the current U.S. healthcare system if something isn't done to engage these individuals in improving their health and quality of life, warned Neal Kaufman, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of DPS Health.

13 Jan 2015

ASA offers tips for safe surgery, anesthesia experience

Surgery and anesthesia are safer than ever, but most patients don't know about the steps they can and should take to make their experience safer and more comfortable.

12 Jan 2015

Dallas Cowboys timekeeper ready to get back to work after kidney transplant at UT Southwestern

Jim Ely tackles life like Mean Joe Greene tackled running backs. A banker, he also worked weekends as a football referee for 38 years and still, at age 83, works as home-game timekeeper for the Dallas Cowboys.

12 Jan 2015

Kidney failure predictors in adolescents: an interview with Dr. Per-Ola Sundin

Diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases as well as obesity are some of the markers of risk for kidney failure that we are aware of in adulthood. Markers of risk prior to adulthood for subsequent chronic kidney disease resulting in kidney failure are less well described.

11 Jan 2015

Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Syndax sign agreement to develop entinostat in Japan and Korea

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; president and CEO: Nobuo Hanai, "Kyowa Hakko Kirin") and Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Waltham, Mass.; president and CEO: Arlene M. Morris, "Syndax") today jointly announced that the companies have entered into a license agreement for the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize entinostat in Japan and Korea.

7 Jan 2015

Certain patients with type 2 diabetes, renal impairment discouraged from taking metformin

Many patients with type 2 diabetes in the United States may be discouraged from taking metformin—a proven, oral diabetes medicine—because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration inappropriately labels the drug unsafe for some patients also suffering from kidney problems, researchers from Penn Medicine and Weill Cornel Medical College report this week in a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

7 Jan 2015

Arcturus to exhibit new mRNA therapeutics pipeline at two healthcare conferences

Arcturus Therapeutics Inc., developing the 'next wave' of RNA medicines, today announced that Joseph Payne, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present a corporate overview, including the company's new messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics pipeline, at two upcoming healthcare conferences.

7 Jan 2015

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LA BioMed's physician-researchers named among Southern California Super Doctors for 2015

Alzheimer's drug Aricept (donepezil) linked to serious side effects

Researchers reveal key factor in understanding elevated cancer risk linked to gene therapy

Patients who receive lungs from heavy drinkers more likely to develop severe primary graft dysfunction

DaVita Rx celebrates ten years of service

EKF highlighting heat and humidity compatible POC hemoglobin analyzer at Arab Health 2015

PTEN protein helps prevent autoimmune diseases

Endocrinology Network offers up-to-date coverage of SGLT2 inhibitors

Asian and Hispanic patients with lupus have lower mortality rates

Urinary levels of novel biomarkers linked to adverse long-term outcomes in AKI patients

3SBio, PharmAbcine sign licensing agreement to develop and market DIG-KT

Mayo Clinic expert explains difference between severe sepsis and septic shock

QDREC software may help find effective treatment for schistosomiasis

DPS Health states that tackling Emergent-Risk cohort becomes a high priority

ASA offers tips for safe surgery, anesthesia experience

Dallas Cowboys timekeeper ready to get back to work after kidney transplant at UT Southwestern

Kidney failure predictors in adolescents: an interview with Dr. Per-Ola Sundin

Kyowa Hakko Kirin and Syndax sign agreement to develop entinostat in Japan and Korea

Certain patients with type 2 diabetes, renal impairment discouraged from taking metformin

Arcturus to exhibit new mRNA therapeutics pipeline at two healthcare conferences

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