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Researchers explore treatment target for acute kidney injury

When you have diabetes then get an acute kidney injury there is a multiplier effect that can worsen your prognosis and destroy your kidneys.

10 Apr 2018

Dialysis patients sign up for November ballot fight

Tangi Foster raised her left arm to show two puncture wounds where nurses insert needles several times a week.

9 Apr 2018

Analysis reveals decreasing trend in infection-related mortality among kidney transplant recipients

Since the 1990s, the risk of dying from infections after kidney transplantation has dropped by half, according to a recent analysis. The analysis, which appears in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, also found that common bacterial infections remain the most frequent cause of infection-related death among transplant recipients.

6 Apr 2018

Aditlys develops bioresorbable vascular access solution for hemodialysis patients

Aditlys is the first medical technology firm to develop a bioresorbable vascular access solution for patients undergoing dialysis treatment for chronic kidney disease. Aditlys' polymer-based graft enables a patient's body to naturally reconstruct its own blood vessels using the body's own tissue.

29 Mar 2018

FDA permits marketing of Dexcom G6 integrated continuous glucose monitoring system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of the Dexcom G6 integrated continuous glucose monitoring system for determining blood glucose (sugar) levels in children aged two and older and adults with diabetes.

28 Mar 2018

Researchers develop microsensor that enables kidney dialysis to be customized

Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a microsensor that makes it possible to directly monitor and adjust the composition of kidney dialysis fluid.

27 Mar 2018

Without context or cushion, Do online medical results make sense?

As she herded her two young sons into bed one evening late last December, Laura Devitt flipped through her phone to check on the routine blood tests that had been performed as part of her annual physical. She logged onto the patient portal link on her electronic medical record, scanned the results and felt her stomach clench with fear.

27 Mar 2018

Trained navigators may improve patients' chances of receiving life-saving kidney transplants

In a recent study, a trained navigator who provided guidance to disadvantaged patients with kidney failure helped increase access to the transplant waitlist among patients who needed a longer time to get through the transplant evaluation process.

27 Mar 2018

Experts highlight urgent need to prevent infections in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Patients with kidney failure who are treated with hemodialysis are at substantially increased risk of life-threatening infections.

23 Mar 2018

Weight-loss surgery reduces risk for severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure

Patients that underwent weight-loss surgery ran a significantly lower risk of developing severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure, when compared to conventionally treated patients, according to a study published in International Journal of Obesity.

22 Mar 2018

Research identifies barriers that may prevent Black Americans from screening for CKD

The incidence of kidney failure is 3 times higher in Black Americans than in whites, and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease continues to rise among Black Americans while it has stabilized in other racial groups.

16 Mar 2018

Researchers find way to identify undiagnosed genetic diseases in electronic health records

Patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.

16 Mar 2018

UIC researchers examine how arsenic affects development of diabetes

A five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will help researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago answer basic questions about the role of arsenic in the development of diabetes and examine the mechanisms by which selenoproteins - found in the human body in 25 different forms - counter the effects of arsenic.

9 Mar 2018

Novel screening tool aids search for curative kidney treatment

Researchers have developed a screening tool for identifying compounds that restore functionality of the protein that is dysfunctional in Alport syndrome.

9 Mar 2018

New technique provides pairs of genetically matched cells to study disease

Researchers led by Dr. Knut Woltjen report a new gene editing method that can modify a single DNA base in the human genome with absolute precision.

6 Mar 2018

Study reveals negative effect of hemodialysis on the brain of elderly patients

A new study reveals that hemodialysis may reduce blood flow to the brain in older patients being treated for kidney failure.

2 Mar 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

New five-minute procedure to scan blood vessels offers hope for claustrophobic patients

Doctors have developed a new five-minute procedure to scan the blood vessels which offers hope for claustrophobic patients unable to tolerate the conventional longer test. The research is presented today at CMR 2018.

6 Feb 2018

Scientists discover rare hypertension disease gene

More than a billion people worldwide suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension). Prolonged hypertension damages blood vessels, which can result in damage to the heart, the kidneys, and the brain. Possible consequences include heart attack, kidney failure, and stroke.

5 Feb 2018

Kidney Failure News and Research

Researchers explore treatment target for acute kidney injury

Dialysis patients sign up for November ballot fight

Analysis reveals decreasing trend in infection-related mortality among kidney transplant recipients

Aditlys develops bioresorbable vascular access solution for hemodialysis patients

FDA permits marketing of Dexcom G6 integrated continuous glucose monitoring system

Researchers develop microsensor that enables kidney dialysis to be customized

Without context or cushion, Do online medical results make sense?

Trained navigators may improve patients' chances of receiving life-saving kidney transplants

Experts highlight urgent need to prevent infections in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Weight-loss surgery reduces risk for severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure

Research identifies barriers that may prevent Black Americans from screening for CKD

Researchers find way to identify undiagnosed genetic diseases in electronic health records

UIC researchers examine how arsenic affects development of diabetes

Novel screening tool aids search for curative kidney treatment

New technique provides pairs of genetically matched cells to study disease

Study reveals negative effect of hemodialysis on the brain of elderly patients

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

Scientists successfully produce functioning human kidney tissue

New five-minute procedure to scan blood vessels offers hope for claustrophobic patients

Scientists discover rare hypertension disease gene

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