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Nephropathy is a broad medical term used to denote disease or damage of the kidney, which can eventually result in kidney failure. The primary and most obvious functions of the kidney are to excrete any waste products and to regulate the water and acid-base balance of the body – therefore loss of kidney function is a potentially fatal condition.

New research uncovers abnormal molecular signaling pathways for kidney failure

Prevention and reversal of chronic kidney disease is an urgent public health need. The disease affects 1 in 10 Americans, is debilitating and deadly, and existing drugs, at best, offer only mild delay in progression to end-stage kidney failure.

4 Mar 2014

OPKO Health consolidated revenues increase about 30% to $20.7 million in Q4 2013

OPKO Health, Inc., a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company, today reported operating and financial results for its 2013 fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013.

4 Mar 2014

Doctors offer ways to help protect kidneys

The kidneys, two very important organs located in your back, help to continuously clean out wastes and extra fluid from your body. One in 10 Americans develops kidney disease due to diabetes, high blood pressure or a family history of kidney failure.

3 Mar 2014

Partial nephrectomy may offer younger renal cancer patients survival advantage

Partial nephrectomy may offer younger patients with localized renal cancer a distinct survival advantage compared with the complete removal of the kidney, US research suggests.

25 Feb 2014

LJPC completes dosing in Phase 2 clinical trial of GCS-100 for treatment of chronic kidney disease

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: LJPC) (the "Company" or "La Jolla"), a biotechnology company developing therapeutics targeting significant unmet, life-threatening diseases today announced that it has completed dosing of its Phase 2 clinical trial of GCS-100 for the treatment of chronic kidney disease ("CKD") and has collected the final data for evaluation of the primary endpoint.

23 Feb 2014

Genetic study reveals 11 new genetic signals are associated with blood pressure levels

A large international study analyzing genes in tens of thousands of individuals has discovered 11 new genetic signals associated with blood pressure levels. Ten of those signals are in or very near genes encoding proteins that appear to be likely targets for drugs already in existence or in development.

21 Feb 2014

NIH-funded session in Bethesda to heighten awareness of underactive bladder

Underactive bladder, estimated to affect more than 20 percent of the elderly population, is an unrecognized disease that has a major influence on the health and independence of seniors.

20 Feb 2014

DaVita signs major tender to treat dialysis patients in Saudi Arabia

DaVita, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, today announced it has signed a major tender from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health to treat half of the approximately 10,000 dialysis patients currently under the Ministry's care.

17 Feb 2014

Study shows vitamin D may provide some relief for patients with chronic hives

A study by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center shows vitamin D as an add-on therapy could provide some relief for chronic hives, a condition with no cure and few treatment options.

17 Feb 2014

Study looks at effects of exercise on heart health in patients with chronic kidney disease

A Leicester doctor has become the first renal physician in the country to be awarded the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Award. The fellowship, worth more than £1 million, will fund a five-year study into the effects of exercise on heart disease in patients with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis.

11 Feb 2014

New research aims for better monitoring, treatment for chronic kidney disease

Detailed structural and functional 'maps' of the human kidney made using advanced scanning technology are to be developed by scientists at The University of Nottingham.

10 Feb 2014

Bosch Healthcare receives NCQA's Disease Management certification for HMPs

Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc., the market leader in evidence-based telehealth solutions, today announced the that it has received certification for program design in Disease Management for 16 Health Management Programs (HMPs) that it submitted to the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

10 Feb 2014

DaVita donates $1.2M to charities across United States

DaVita, the kidney care division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a leading provider of kidney care services, announced that its teammates donated $1.2 million to charities in more than 1,100 communities across the United States as part of the "DaVita Way of Giving."

10 Feb 2014

Patients who experience abrupt kidney injury following surgery have increased risk of heart problems

Patients who experience abrupt kidney injury following surgery have an increased risk of later developing heart problems, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

7 Feb 2014

Study: Altruistic act in the United States increases levels of well-being

People are much more likely to decide to donate a kidney to a stranger - an extraordinarily altruistic act - in areas of the United States where levels of well-being are high, according to a new study.

30 Jan 2014

Researchers discover protein required for growth of hair-like structures on cell surfaces

A team of researchers from Penn State University and the University of California has discovered a protein that is required for the growth of tiny, but critical, hair-like structures called cilia on cell surfaces.

28 Jan 2014

High-protein diet increases chance of developing kidney stones, other renal diseases

High-protein diets, like the popular Dr. Dukan diet, increase the long-term risk of developing kidney disease and have a negative effect on renal urinary and morphological markers. What's more, they may promote serious pathologies like nephrolithiasis (calcium kidney stones) because they drastically reduce urinary citrate (an inhibitor of calcium salt crystallization) and urinary pH, and increase urinary calcium (to compensate for the metabolic acidity caused by excess protein).

22 Jan 2014

Study: High-protein diet increases chance of developing kidney stones and other renal diseases

An experiment by scientists at the University of Granada, Spain, shows a high-protein diet increases the chance of developing kidney stones and other renal diseases.

22 Jan 2014

CU researcher awarded NIH grant to study benefit of allopurino drug in lowering uric acid levels

Kidney disease poses one of the greatest burdens for people living with type 1 diabetes. A study newly awarded by the National Institutes of Health will look at whether lowering uric acid levels can prevent people with type 1 diabetes from needing hemodialysis or kidney transplant.

15 Jan 2014

New study examines factors that may lead to end stage renal disease

About 33 percent of people with type 2 diabetes suffer kidney damage that progresses to end stage renal disease, at which point they require either dialysis or kidney transplantation. Scientists have thought that this kidney disease is driven by damage to the glomeruli, blood vessels in the kidney, which spill the protein albumin into the urine. Current treatments targeting the resulting "albuminuria" do not prevent kidney failure.

15 Jan 2014

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New research uncovers abnormal molecular signaling pathways for kidney failure

OPKO Health consolidated revenues increase about 30% to $20.7 million in Q4 2013

Doctors offer ways to help protect kidneys

Partial nephrectomy may offer younger renal cancer patients survival advantage

LJPC completes dosing in Phase 2 clinical trial of GCS-100 for treatment of chronic kidney disease

Genetic study reveals 11 new genetic signals are associated with blood pressure levels

NIH-funded session in Bethesda to heighten awareness of underactive bladder

DaVita signs major tender to treat dialysis patients in Saudi Arabia

Study shows vitamin D may provide some relief for patients with chronic hives

Study looks at effects of exercise on heart health in patients with chronic kidney disease

New research aims for better monitoring, treatment for chronic kidney disease

Bosch Healthcare receives NCQA's Disease Management certification for HMPs

DaVita donates $1.2M to charities across United States

Patients who experience abrupt kidney injury following surgery have increased risk of heart problems

Study: Altruistic act in the United States increases levels of well-being

Researchers discover protein required for growth of hair-like structures on cell surfaces

High-protein diet increases chance of developing kidney stones, other renal diseases

Study: High-protein diet increases chance of developing kidney stones and other renal diseases

CU researcher awarded NIH grant to study benefit of allopurino drug in lowering uric acid levels

New study examines factors that may lead to end stage renal disease

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