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How age, socioeconomic status, and gender disparities affect the prevalence of chronic kidney disease

Researchers investigate gender-, socioeconomic status-, and age-based disparities in chronic kidney disease.

21 Aug 2023

Researchers develop platform allowing mass-scale production of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines

Researchers presented a scalable lipid nanoparticle production (SCALAR) platform to develop SARS-CoV-2 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines.

15 Aug 2023

Virtual reality-based exercises found to reduce depression and anxiety among individuals treated with hemodialysis

Researchers determined the association between regular physical exercise based on virtual reality (VR) and the development of depression.

3 Aug 2023

The impact of diabetes mellitus on morbidity and mortality in patients with COVID-19

Researchers examine the impact of DM on post-COVID-19 clinical outcomes.

31 Jul 2023

Home sweet parking lot: Some hospitals welcome RV living for patients, families, and workers

Jim Weaver has had two major surgeries in the past decade: one to remove cancerous tumors from his bladder and another to clear a blocked artery.

27 Jul 2023

The relationships between risk factors and kidney events in two diabetic cohorts

Researchers use the association rule to assess chronic kidney disease risk in the General and Worker diabetes populations.

25 Jul 2023

Exclusion of chronic kidney disease patients from cardiovascular trials leaves significant evidence gaps

Study looks at how and where patients with CKD have been excluded from CVD RCTs over the last two decades.

24 Jul 2023

New kidney tissue atlas could advance understanding of kidney injury and disease

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helped lead a major study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that uncovered rich cellular and molecular diversity in healthy and diseased kidneys, creating a kidney tissue atlas that will help further understanding of kidney injury and disease.

19 Jul 2023

PCORI awards $208 million to fund 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research studies

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $208 million to support 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, including four trials of particularly large scale and scope tackling complex questions.

18 Jul 2023

Exercise can improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations for dialysis patients

Patients who engage in light exercise while undergoing dialysis are physically fitter and are admitted to hospital less frequently than those who do not.

14 Jul 2023

‘It was a bloodbath’: Rare dialysis complication can kill, and more could be done to stop it

Nieltje Gedney was half-asleep in her West Virginia home, watching murder mysteries over the hum of a bedside hemodialysis machine, when she felt something warm and wet in her armpit.

7 Jul 2023

Kidney transplant recipients may benefit from new fluid therapy

A major clinical trial has found a simple change to world practice for kidney transplants could deliver real benefits for recipients and reduce their need for dialysis by 25 per cent.

6 Jul 2023

More states legalize sales of unpasteurized milk, despite public health warnings

Babe the goat is trendier than she looks. Babe lives a quiet life on a hillside farm in southern Iowa, where she grazes on grass with a small herd of fellow goats. Her owner, Stacy Wistock, milks her twice a day.

5 Jul 2023

EPFL scientists develop an innovative method for reconstructing Tau fibrils

EPFL scientists have developed ClearTau, an innovative method and platform for reconstructing aggregates of the protein Tau found in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

4 Jul 2023

Living in a historically redlined neighborhood may increase risk of kidney failure

New study shows that long-term disinvestment in health and wealth resources in historically redlined neighborhoods likely contributes to a disproportionate rate of kidney failure among Black adults today.

29 Jun 2023

Researchers find new way to reduce risk of kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients

When a person has heart surgery, they're often managed on cardiopulmonary bypass.

29 Jun 2023

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals specific cellular signatures for kidney transplant rejection

Imagine a day when a urine test could inform a doctor precisely why a kidney transplant patient was experiencing organ rejection and suggest the best medication for specifically addressing the problem.

28 Jun 2023

Measurable upticks in gut bacteria blooms tied to lupus flare-ups

Recurrent bouts of systemic lupus erythematosus, marked by the body's immune system attack of its own tissues, closely tracked with measurable upticks in growth in the gut of a certain species of bacteria.

27 Jun 2023

Humor therapy may reduce depression and anxiety symptoms

An analysis of published studies suggests that humor therapy may lessen symptoms of depression and anxiety.

21 Jun 2023

Wider use of high-dose hemodiafiltration may have benefits for kidney failure patients

Mortality in patients with kidney failure has been found to be 23% lower among those treated with high dose hemodiafiltration compared to those treated with high flux hemodialysis, according to new research from the CONVINCE consortium led by University Medical Center Utrecht.

16 Jun 2023

Dialysis News and Research

Latest Dialysis News and Research

How age, socioeconomic status, and gender disparities affect the prevalence of chronic kidney disease

Researchers develop platform allowing mass-scale production of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines

Virtual reality-based exercises found to reduce depression and anxiety among individuals treated with hemodialysis

The impact of diabetes mellitus on morbidity and mortality in patients with COVID-19

Home sweet parking lot: Some hospitals welcome RV living for patients, families, and workers

The relationships between risk factors and kidney events in two diabetic cohorts

Exclusion of chronic kidney disease patients from cardiovascular trials leaves significant evidence gaps

New kidney tissue atlas could advance understanding of kidney injury and disease

PCORI awards $208 million to fund 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research studies

Exercise can improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations for dialysis patients

‘It was a bloodbath’: Rare dialysis complication can kill, and more could be done to stop it

Kidney transplant recipients may benefit from new fluid therapy

More states legalize sales of unpasteurized milk, despite public health warnings

EPFL scientists develop an innovative method for reconstructing Tau fibrils

Living in a historically redlined neighborhood may increase risk of kidney failure

Researchers find new way to reduce risk of kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals specific cellular signatures for kidney transplant rejection

Measurable upticks in gut bacteria blooms tied to lupus flare-ups

Humor therapy may reduce depression and anxiety symptoms

Wider use of high-dose hemodiafiltration may have benefits for kidney failure patients

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