News: Bioengineering an artificial kidney

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Published: August 8, 2009

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We have a problem, every year the number of patients with chronic kidney disease increases while the number of patients living on hemodialysis increases as well. This leads for an ever increasing need for dialysis which ultimately may exceed our ability to provide it. Patients enter the system on one end [...]

News: Erectile dysfunction in chronic kidney disease. What to do?.

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Published: August 8, 2009

The purpose of dialysis is to improve the patients quality of life. While there are many indices of quality of life one of the most common complaints from my patients relates to adequacy of male sexual function. The exact incidence of erectile dyfunction among patients on dialysis is unknown. However studies among the subset [...]

News: DASH diet reduces kidney stones.

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Published: August 8, 2009

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The DASH diet which is an eating plan that follows heart healthy guidelines to limit saturated fat and cholesterol, was found to reduce the incidence of kidney stones in an article published in the august issue of the Journal of the american society of nephrology.
The study was carried out because diet is [...]