A study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology has suggested a link between kidney disease and long term steroid use. Body builders who utilize steroid for the purposes of increased training performance seem to be the population at risk. The body builders were confirmed to develop a type of kidney disease [...]
Biomarkers for Cancer of the Kidney | read this item
Medscape is reporting new research points to several biomarkers (molecules that can be tested for in relationship to a disease) have been found which may predict the odds of survival in renal cell cancer.
The data reviewed is derived from the TARGET study Treatment Approaches in Renal Cancer Global Evaluation Trial.
“Carol Peña, PhD, associate director for clinical cancer [...]
Break the cycle of sleep apnoea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Osa_cycle.gif | read this item
Health day has reported that patients with sleep apnoea are at increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. Excerpt below
“Kidney transplant patients with sleep apnea are at increased risk for high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, Hungarian researchers say.
The study of 100 kidney transplant recipients found that 25 percent had moderate [...]
Sirolimus for Polycystic Kidney Disease | read this item
New treatment options for polycystic kidney disease do not come along very often. The nature of the disease is such that treatment is inherently difficult as the pathophysiology is incompletely understood.
Despite that various methods are currently being investigated. One such is the drug sirolimus, which has been mentioned before. More recently however a pilot study [...]
Preventing Repeat Hospitalization in Dialysis | read this item
Dialysis patients are known to have greater rates of hospitalization as compared to other patients. The cause for this is believed to be multifactorial. The present study by Chan et. al. looks at possible factors which may reduces the rate of hospitalization of dialysis patients after an initial admission.
The population studied was quite large with [...]
Beneficial Effect of Coffee in Dialysis Patients | read this item
Coffee is arguably the most popular beverage worldwide yet its impact on renal disease is largely unknown and its effect on dialysis patients is even more obscure.
There have been many claims of medicinal or health benefits for drinking coffee. Studies have shown apparent reductions in the risks of:
Alzheimer’s disease
Parkinson’s disease
Heart disease
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Cirrhosis of [...]
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Medwire is reporting improved survival among Finnish patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus on dialysis. This report is based on a study done 314 dialysis patients in Finland published online in the journal nephrology dialysis and transplantation.
The reason for improved survival is believed to be due to improvement in diabetes care [...]
Darbepoetin alfa is unsafe as well? | read this item
Darbepoetin alfa is a an erythropoesis stimulating agent marketed under the name Aranesp by AMGEN. It is used for the treatment of anemia ( a lower than normal blood count) as a consequence of renal failure or cancer.
The use of other similar agents has been questioned over the last 2 to 3 years due to [...]
New Treatments For FSGS -ASN Conference | read this item
Idiopathic focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis or FSGS is one of the most common causes of non diabetic kidney disease in the world and also one of the least satisfying to treat due to the difficulty with initiating and maintaining a durable remission. For decades the standard of treatment has been steroid therapy in high [...]
The conference has been extremely crowded so far with some talks having to close doors due to inability to accommodate any more people after all sitting and standing room has been exhausted. So I have turned to the poster sessions in attempt to connect with some of the breaking research which is yet to be [...]
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Break the cycle of sleep apnoea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Osa_cycle.gif | 
Sirolimus for Polycystic Kidney Disease | 
Preventing Repeat Hospitalization in Dialysis | 
Beneficial Effect of Coffee in Dialysis Patients | 
Latest Kidney News | 
Darbepoetin alfa is unsafe as well? | 
New Treatments For FSGS -ASN Conference | 
ASN conference day 2 | 
