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Simple fingerprick blood test could help identify millions of people with undiagnosed diabetes

In 2019, there were almost 14 thousand diabetes-related deaths in the UK. That number looks set to rise. Britain currently has 4.3 million registered diabetics, but new analysis from London Medical Laboratory has revealed there are likely to be over one million Brits suffering from undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.

30 Sep 2023

UC San Diego Health recognized as top performer for delivering high-quality patient care

UC San Diego Health has been recognized as a top performer in the 2023 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by Vizient, Inc. for its excellence in delivering high-quality patient care.

22 Sep 2023

Uromodulin levels linked to kidney failure risk

Prior studies of uromodulin, the most abundant protein in urine, and kidney disease have focused primarily on urinary uromodulin levels.

20 Sep 2023

Researchers receive NIH grant to build first-ever digital twin of the bladder

Men ages 50 to 60 have an 80 percent chance of having some degree of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) due to an enlarged prostate – which causes multiple symptoms that can impact their lives physically and psychologically.

13 Sep 2023

Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulations

Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She and her husband spent July in the garlic fields, kneeling on the scorched earth as temperatures hovered above 105 degrees.

5 Sep 2023

KFF Health News' 'What The Health?': 3 health policy experts you should know

In this special episode, host Julie Rovner, KFF Health News' chief Washington correspondent, interviews three noted health policy experts.

31 Aug 2023

UC San Francisco scientists develop implantable bioreactor to treat kidney failure

Scientists at UC San Francisco are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure that could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a transplant.

29 Aug 2023

Same cellular mechanism implicated in cystic fibrosis and rare disease cystinosis

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that the same cellular mechanism involved in a form of cystic fibrosis is also implicated in a form of a rare disease called cystinosis.

28 Aug 2023

Ciliopathies: A new understanding of the role of the NSL complex

The non-specific lethal (NSL) complex is a chromatin-associated factor that has been shown to regulate the expression of thousands of genes in both fruit flies and mammals.

25 Aug 2023

Total hip arthroplasty in nonagenarians: Risks and benefits

Potentially modifiable comorbid conditions and complications have a major impact on the risks of total hip arthroplasty (THA) for people in their nineties, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

25 Aug 2023

New ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes released

Patients with type 2 diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their healthy peers.

25 Aug 2023

Women with pre-eclampsia undergo accelerated aging during pregnancy

Pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening surge in blood pressure, is an enigmatic condition. Each year, it causes the deaths of more than 70,000 women worldwide. Because scientists do not know what causes it, they lack targeted strategies to treat it.

24 Aug 2023

Urine levels of adenine found to be predictive and causative biomarker of diabetic kidney disease

Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to earlier diagnosis and intervention, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) reported Aug. 24 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

24 Aug 2023

Kidney Failure News and Research

Simple fingerprick blood test could help identify millions of people with undiagnosed diabetes

UC San Diego Health recognized as top performer for delivering high-quality patient care

Uromodulin levels linked to kidney failure risk

Researchers receive NIH grant to build first-ever digital twin of the bladder

Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulations

KFF Health News' 'What The Health?': 3 health policy experts you should know

UC San Francisco scientists develop implantable bioreactor to treat kidney failure

Same cellular mechanism implicated in cystic fibrosis and rare disease cystinosis

Ciliopathies: A new understanding of the role of the NSL complex

Total hip arthroplasty in nonagenarians: Risks and benefits

New ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes released

Women with pre-eclampsia undergo accelerated aging during pregnancy

Urine levels of adenine found to be predictive and causative biomarker of diabetic kidney disease

Pioneering drug for rare kidney disease improves outcome for patients

Strep A infections on the rise among Australians, study finds

Simple blood test may predict risk of progressive heart and kidney disease in people with diabetic kidney disease

The menopausal symptoms and food consumption in post-menopausal women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Outcome markers in COPD patients with COVID-19

Small randomized controlled trial finds kombucha decreased fasting blood glucose in individuals with type 2 diabetes

NYU Langone Health included on the 2023-24 Honor Roll of top 20 hospitals

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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