A new study at University Hospital Basel , Switzerland, says women who receive kidneys from males have a higher rate of graft failure than other donor-recipient combinations, and gender should be considered when choosing donor matches.
Compared with all other gender combinations, transplantation of male donor kidneys into female patients was associated with an 8 percent […]

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A study at Stanford University School of Medicine say that a greater percentage of patients than previously thought may develop heart failure when taking the breakthrough cancer drug Sutent.
The study author reports that data support a role for routine cardiac monitoring for patients receiving sunitinib [Sutent] and careful study of adverse cardiac events in future […]

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According to a study conducted in Germany, analgesics other than phenacetin are not connected with an increased risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) at a relatively young age.
The researchers reported their findings in the online journal BioMedCentral-Nephrology.

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A new research at the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) suggests that children and teens diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are five times more likely to develop kidney disease later in life than those who develop diabetes as adults.
The findings underscore the importance of preventing — or at least […]

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According to a new study conducted at the Charite Children’s Hospital in Berlin, Germany, high blood pressure and high lipid levels, as well as longer disease duration, elevated glucose (sugar) levels, and male gender, are all significant risk factors for kidney disease in patients with type 1 diabetes.
The team concludes that early diagnosis and prompt […]

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Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is one of the drug widely used painkillers. A preliminary laboratory study published in the ACS’ Chemical Research in Toxicology journal suggests that people taking paracetamol should limit the intake of caffeine because the caffeine triples the amount of a toxic by-product created when the pain killer is broken down. The toxin is […]

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A research at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, revealed that axitinib, an experimental drug, has potential to bring respite to patients with advanced kidney cancer even after their tumour stops to respond to the cutting edge therapy.
The researchers have demonstrated that the drug shrank tumours, and delayed the disease’s progression.
The […]

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According to a research at Queensland University Technology patients suffering from chronic kidney disease can get significant benefits through regular counseling on diet and lifestyle.
The team leader thinks that individuals who suffer severe chronic kidney disease clearly need support with their diets. As a consequence, in the study, the patients received individual counseling on diet […]

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According to an article in the September 19 issue of JAMA, those patients receiving hemodialysis at night six times a week for treatment of end-stage kidney disease had improvements on certain clinical outcomes, including reduced need for blood pressure medications and improvement in selected quality of life measures, compared to patients who received conventional hemodialysis […]

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