Treating diabetic patients with the cholesterol-lowering drug niacin does not result in increased heart attacks or mortality, despite historical evidence that niacin raises blood sugars.

Measurement of the intima-media thickness of the carotid artery is useful in screening for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis in type 2 diabetics with hypertension. This

The risk of bleeding complications in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with renal insufficiency is lower with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) than with unfractionated heparin (UFH),

A study that led to the development of once-a-day Concerta® (methylphenidate HCl) Cll for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), supports a growing

Single-agent thalidomide therapy elicits partial responses and stable disease in a significant number of patients with renal cell carcinoma. Dr. Robert Amato, from the Scott

In time for National Diabetes Month, Avapro is the First and Only Drug Approved by Health Canada for the Treatment of Early and Late Stage

Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive renal transplant patients have improved survival if they are preemptively treated with lamivudine, according to the results of a comparative

We present 2 cases in which the diagnosis of a unilateral nonfunctioning kidney was not anticipated. The first case appeared to be simple, antenatally diagnosed,

Renal artery stent revascularisation could be a valid therapeutic option in long-term treatment of ischemic nephropathy.  Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, MD, of the Prairie Heart Institute

The angiotensin II receptor antagonist losartan reduces proteinuria in non-diabetic patients with nephropathy, independent of blood pressure, researchers reported here November 1 at the meeting

 Non-African-American and non-Caucasian transplant recipients, those whose renal disease is not due to diabetes, hypertension or glomerulonephritis, and recipients of a cadaveric donor graft are

Metabolic acidosis following kidney transplantation is in part induced by downregulation of mineralocorticoid receptor expression. Peter J. Heering, MD, and colleagues from the University of

In 70 percent of hypertensive patients on chronic dialysis, hypertension is either untreated (12 percent) or not adequately controlled with treatment (58 percent). Rajiv Agarwal,

The post-transplant infection rate is high in both peritoneal and haemodialysis patients. Mamta Agarwal, MD, and colleagues at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,

The “World Trade Center cough” continues to affect several hundred New York City firefighters, police, and emergency workers, but little is known about the long-term

Editor’s Note: On Oct. 17, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacked the statutory

Combining an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) reduces urinary protein excretion more than does the ACE inhibitor alone.  John

 The advanced glycation end product (AGE) inhibitor Pyridorin (pyridoxamine dihydrochloride) has potential in treating diabetic nephropathy, researchers reported here November 1 at the 35th Annual

In diabetic patients with overt nephropathy, those taking amlodipine have fewer strokes and myocardial infarctions, and those taking irbesartan have a lower rate of congestive

The angiotensin-II receptor blocker telmisartan reduces blood pressure comparably to hydrochlorothiazide, but also reduced albuminuria, European researchers said here November 1 at the 35th annual