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Polycystic kidney disease may be preventable

Kidney failure is a lifelong burden in hundreds of thousands of people who need to be treated either by dialysis or a kidney transplant. Both procedures significantly increase the cost of healthcare and reduce the quality of life.

26 Aug 2019

French organ transplant centers more likely to accept kidneys discarded in the United States

French organ transplant centers are far more likely to accept "lower-rated" kidneys, like those from older organ donors, than centers in the United States, according to a first-of-its kind analysis published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

26 Aug 2019

Dialysis industry spends big to protect profits

The dialysis industry spent about $2.5 million in California on lobbying and campaign contributions in the first half of this year in its ongoing battle to thwart regulation, according to a California Healthline analysis of campaign finance reports filed with the state.

23 Aug 2019

Psychiatric disorders are prevalent among adults and kids with kidney failure

New research indicates that psychiatric illnesses are common in children and adults with kidney failure, and hospitalizations for such illnesses are associated with a higher risk of early death in adults.

22 Aug 2019

Study finds increase in Medicaid-covered preemptive kidney transplants after Medicaid expansion

Medicaid expansion has helped more young, low-income adults with advanced kidney disease to avoid the costs and poor quality-of-life associated with dialysis, reports a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine from researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine and the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel.

20 Aug 2019

Scientists demonstrate an in vitro kidney model

Kidneys work to constantly filter blood and remove toxins from the body. Conditions such as chronic kidney disease are characterized by a reduced ability to perform this essential function.

14 Aug 2019

Researchers describe histological features of urinary obstruction in humans for the first time

A research group from the Medical University of Vienna has successfully described the histological features of urinary obstruction in humans the first time.

13 Aug 2019

Breakthrough study identifies specific antibody target implicated in neuropsychiatric lupus

A breakthrough study by a SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University research team has identified a specific antibody target implicated in neuropsychiatric symptoms of lupus.

13 Aug 2019

Racial disparities found in pregnancy rates for kidney transplant recipients

Among women who are kidney transplant recipients, Hispanic women have a higher likelihood of pregnancy than white women, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati.

12 Aug 2019

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

Striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in the use of palliative care by hospitalized patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. The findings were published today in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

8 Aug 2019

Tuberculosis still looms large over a fourth of the world’s people

A new Danish study concludes that a quarter of the people on earth have the tuberculosis bacillus within their bodies. This disease preys on over 10 million people annually, and kills 2 million a year. It is Number 1 on the list of killer diseases, far above AIDS and other infections.

5 Aug 2019

Study shows new treatment option for heart failure fluid overload

Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need for dialysis in selected heart failure patients, a UT Health San Antonio study found.

2 Aug 2019

Company expands development plans for drugs which slow progression to dialysis

Kibow Biotech announces that the focus on supporting and maintaining healthy kidney function with probiotics/prebiotics to potentially delay the progression to dialysis is based on its enteric toxin reduction platform technology termed "Enteric Dialysis®"

From Kibow Biotech Inc. 2 Aug 2019

New biomarker can identify patients with symptoms of kidney rejection

A group of European scientists led by KU Leuven has found a biomarker that can identify patients with symptoms of kidney rejection symptoms after a transplant as a result of antibodies.

2 Aug 2019

The talk seniors need to have with doctors before surgery

The decision seemed straightforward. Bob McHenry's heart was failing, and doctors recommended two high-risk surgeries to restore blood flow. Without the procedures, McHenry, 82, would die.

1 Aug 2019

Women with preeclampsia five times more likely to have end-stage kidney disease

Women with preeclampsia during pregnancy have a five-fold increased risk of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) later in life compared to women who don’t develop preeclampsia during pregnancy, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Ali Khashan of University College Cork, Ireland, and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Liverpool University, UK.

From PLOS ONE 31 Jul 2019