Highlights of the American Society of Nephrology Conference Day 1.
San Diego Convention center. From the website of the San Diego Convention center. | read this item
After a whirlwind 12 hours of connecting flights I have finally arrived in San Diego to attend this years American Society of Nephrology conference.
The opening session of the 42nd annual conference was kicked off with an engrossing lecture by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Roger Tsien MD.
Dr Tsien gave an overview of his prize winning research [...]
Alport syndrome is a genetic defect of type 4 collagen, a major structural component of the glomerular basement membrane. Which is in turn the major structural component that defines the function of the filtration apparatus of the kidney. Defects of this important component of glomerular function results in various abnormalities. In Alport syndrome patients progressively [...]
Recently I asked the question can you be too old for dialysis. Then today I noticed a news release based on an article published in the new England Journal of Medicine which suggests that elderly patients living in nursing homes may not be deriving significant benefit from dialysis. I had feedback on my own article, [...]
Spiegel and Chertow in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology have taken a look at the direction we are heading in the treatment of anemia in ESRD based on a few recent studies.
Their commentary is particularly interesting because it brings to light a new possible threat, the injudicious use of iron in [...]
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Exercise has proven health benefits in the normal population. These benefits are tied in some instances to weight loss. However the health benefits of exercise exceed that of weight loss alone. In a recent press release the American Society of Nephrology has made the statement “getting off the couch could could lead to [...]
Is there any such thing as being too old or too ill for dialysis?
That question is more than a little unfair.
A better question should be do the elderly derive benefit from dialysis?
If someone chooses not to take the option of dialysis what are their options?
How do these options compare in terms of outcome in the [...]
Stem Cells such as this may one day cure common conditions. | read this item
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One of the challenges of medicine and the hope of all those who turn to practitioners of the art of medicine is the search for a cure, something that makes you whole again. It is for this reason that research surrounding stem cells and the potential therapies to be derived from stem [...]
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The authors of a recent study in the clinical journal of the american society of nephrology has suggested that vitamin d may have a role in reducing proteinuria in chronic kidney disease. Previously the main stay of therapy for protein in the urine or proteinuria has been the use of a class [...]
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Vitamin D is an essential hormone in both health and disease, it is obtained from both dietary sources as well as direct sunlight via a process that occurs in the skin involving ultraviolet radiation. Foods that are high in vitamin D include oily fish, the ingestion of which is capable of preventing [...]
Highlights of the American Society of Nephrology Conference Day 1.
Stem Cells For Alport Syndrome | 
Dialysis in the Elderly | 
Anemia in Kidney Disease
Exercise and Kidney Disease
Too Old for Dialysis?
Stem Cells such as this may one day cure common conditions. | 
Refreshing and Healthy Green Tea
Vitamin D in Kidney Disease
Vitamin D in Health and Kidney Disease.
