News: Smell test for kidney disease.

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Published: August 9, 2009
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Early detection of kidney disease has always been an issue. The most common test for kidney function may lag behind actual changes in kidney function for many days in the acute setting. In addition the number of functional subunits in the kidney exceeds that which is required to maintain a normal result on most blood [...]

News: A Daily dose of baking soda preserves kidney function.

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Published: August 9, 2009
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An upcoming study in the journal of the american society of nephrology (JASN) has shown that a daily dose of baking soda typically used for such mundane tasks as baking and cleaning slows the progression of some forms of kidney disease.

The study which is yet to be published consisted of 134 patients with advanced CKD [...]

Dialysis Info: What is the best form of dialysis access.

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Published: August 9, 2009
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When a patient has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease he or she is staged according to the national kidney foundation staging system. If they are staged as 4 to 5 then preparation is made for dialysis in the medium to short term. If the patient chooses hemodialysis as the preferred method of renal replacement [...]