It’s already widely known that there’s an increase in illnesses and deaths linked to medication-resistant bacteria. Now, UCLA-led research shows how these bacteria are making it more difficult to treat a common but severe kidney infection. Pyelonephritis — an infection of the kidney usually caused by E. coli bacteria that can start as a urinary… Continue reading Ineffective Antibiotics and A Serious Kidney Infection
Category: Kidney Disease
How Healthy Are Your Kidneys?
Editor’s note: Keeping your kidneys healthy is a crucial issue for millions of people. Here, from the experts at the National Institute of Digestive and Diabetes and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health, is what you need to know. The steps you take to keep your kidneys healthy help the rest… Continue reading How Healthy Are Your Kidneys?
Managing Kidney Illness
People with kidney disease can continue to live productive lives. But you’ll probably have to make some diet and lifestyle changes to help you live a healthier and even longer life. Here, from the experts at NIH Senior Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health, are some steps you can take: Lifestyle Changes… Continue reading Managing Kidney Illness
Are You at Risk for Kidney Disease?
The kidneys are one of the most important organs in your body. Their function is to filter your blood, according to the SeniorHealth division of the National Institutes of Health. That process helps remove waste to make urine. But if the kidneys aren’t functioning, the SeniorHealth experts say, wastes can build up in the body, leading to… Continue reading Are You at Risk for Kidney Disease?
New Therapeutic Strategy in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects at least one in four Americans who are older than 60 and can significantly shorten lifespan. Yet the few available drugs for CKD can only modestly delay the disease’s progress towards kidney failure. Now, however, a team led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of… Continue reading New Therapeutic Strategy in Chronic Kidney Disease
Drug Halves Risk of Kidney Transplant Rejection
Oxford University scientists in the UK have shown that a powerful drug given at the time of a kidney transplant operation not only halves the early risk of rejection, but that it also allows a less toxic regimen of anti-rejection drugs to be used after the operation.