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ZAGREB, Croatia – Families of most of the 21 kidney patients who died last year during or after dialysis have settled out of court with

Soy and garlic supplements line the shelves of health food stores and groceries but research has yet to find evidence that the pills, powders and

Patients with acute renal failure have good survival and quality of life after discharge and should be treated aggressively in the intensive care unit, researchers

For HIV-positive patients with end-stage renal disease receiving chronic dialysis, lamivudine at 25 mg once daily provides drug exposure equivalent to 150 mg twice daily

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A DGReview of :”Long-term outcome of the retained ureteral stump after lower pole heminephrectomy in duplex kidneys.” European Urology 08/15/2002 By Alison Palkhivala  Leaving a

LIFECOR(R), Inc. is pleased to announce that its LifeVest(TM) wearable defibrillator saved another life on August 6th, proving for the fourth time in a month

In children with an antenatal diagnosis of pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction, delayed pyeloplasty effectively restores initial renal function.  Authors from Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick

Polyomavirus BK nephropathy in renal-transplant recipients represents a secondary infection linked with rejection and its treatment that can, in most cases, be monitored by measuring

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Adequate blood pressure control is possible with antihypertensive therapy and aggressive follow up, even in an extremely challenging population of hypertensive patients.  That is the

There is a possible connection between malnutrition, inflammation and atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients Previous recognition that chronic inflammation is the basis of both atherosclerosis and

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By Alison McCook NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 01 – Women who have never experienced childbirth are just as likely as those who have given

By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 02 – Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III) point to an

08/02/2002By Anne MacLennan Most people with systemic sclerosis cannot increase renal filtration under the challenge of a protein overload. This defective renal response to an

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice  07/31/2002 By Andrew A. Skolnick Treating type 2 diabetics with the angiotensin-II receptor antagonist valsartan may reduce urinary albumin excretion,