NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With the advent of semi-rigid, fibre-optic based ureteroscopes and deflectable, flexible ureteroscopes, holmium laser lithotripsy can safely and effectively treat

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hypertension in chronic hemodialysis patients can be controlled by the ACE inhibitor lisinopril given three times weekly after hemodialysis, according

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with polycystic kidney disease frequently have mitral valve prolapse or regurgitation, Finnish researchers report. Dr. Anne Lumiaho, from Kuopio

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hemodialysis patients using ACE inhibitors appear to be protected against vascular access complications, according to findings published in the December

NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) – Combined hepatic and renal dysfunction is highly predictive of death in patients requiring mechanical ventilation after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A comprehensive, quantitative Malnutrition-Inflammation Score (MIS) developed by California investigators is a good predictor of outcome in patients undergoing long-term

מתוך medicontext.co.li NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHu-Epo), in combination with intravenous iron replacement, corrects the anemia of chronic disease associated with

מתוך medicontext.co.il NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who regularly use aspirin or acetaminophen appear to be at increased risk for developing chronic renal failure,

By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, improved glucose control and smoking cessation almost immediately begin to

מתוך medicontext.co.il NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among hypertensive diabetic patients, the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, captopril, prevents significantly more cardiovascular events than a regimen

מתוך medicontext.co.il By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated levels of leptin in plasma may be an independent risk factor for the development

מתוך medicontext.co.il NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients who undergo a trial of interferon (IFN) therapy before attempting unrelated donor hematopoietic

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By providing automatic information on adjusting drug dosages based on renal function, a computer-based decision support system improves prescribing for

מתוך medicontext.co.il WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) -Baxter Healthcare Corporation has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market an automated home-based dialysis

מתוך medicontext.co.il NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Relatively low-level exposure to cadmium may increase the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), Swedish researchers report in

מתוך medicontext.co.il NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with documented coronary heart disease (CAD), high triglyceride levels are an independent risk factor for stroke

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Thiamine deficiency may account for many cases of unexplained encephalopathy in patients receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Survival of patients with metastatic renal-cell cancer is significantly better when interferon therapy follows nephrectomy than when it is given

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Undergoing hemodialysis in the morning rather than in the afternoon appears to confer a significant survival advantage, according

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Karla Gale WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – A new class of compounds may be more effective than statins in reducing plasma lipid