With increasing organ demand, living kidney donation from older donors has become more common. A new Clinical Transplantation study indicates that kidney donation among carefully-selected adults over 60 years of age poses minimal perioperative risks and no added risk of long-term kidney failure. A combination of an aging population and an overwhelming kidney transplant waitlist… Continue reading Can Older Adults Safely Donate Kidneys?
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Widely Used Catheter Device May Harm Some Patients
A widely used intravenous device may in fact be harming some patients, a study shows. The study, by researchers from the University of Michigan, examines the risk of a tiny device called a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter). In just a decade, the university said in a news release, the PICC has become the “go-to… Continue reading Widely Used Catheter Device May Harm Some Patients
Study: Some Drugs for Kidneys May Damage the Organ
A specific combination of drugs designed to protect the kidneys may be damaging the organ, according to research from the University of Virginia School Medicine. Researchers identified the potential problem while studying strange kidney lesions in mice that cannot make the enzyme renin. Such lesions are also seen in patients with high blood pressure. The… Continue reading Study: Some Drugs for Kidneys May Damage the Organ
A New Era in Diabetes Treatment?
A drug used to treat people with type 2 diabetes also significantly reduces the risk of both cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to new research. The study, by The George Institute for Global Health, based in Newtown, Australia, has major implications for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The illness affects around 450 million people… Continue reading A New Era in Diabetes Treatment?
New Problems with Some Heartburn Drugs
It’s already known that taking popular heartburn drugs for a long period of time is linked to serious kidney problems, and now researchers have made another disturbing discovery: More than half of patients who develop such kidney damage may not be aware they are going downhill. The sudden (acute) onset of kidney problems often serves… Continue reading New Problems with Some Heartburn Drugs
Ineffective Antibiotics and A Serious Kidney Infection
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
Getting Financial Help for Diabetes Care
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes, or have been managing the condition for a while, you know how expensive the health-care cost can be. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes has two fact sheets that can help: Financial Help for Diabetes Care and Financial… Continue reading Getting Financial Help for Diabetes Care
Better Care Needed for Sepsis Patients
Health-care practitioners need to provide more individualized care to patients who have suffered sepsis so they won’t have to be readmitted to a hospital, researchers said. A study published in JAMA looked at data from 2,6000 survivors of sepsis, a critical illness that shuts down internal organs following an infection. About 42 percent of the… Continue reading Better Care Needed for Sepsis Patients
Supplements & OTCs May Hurt Your Kidneys
How well are your kidneys working?
Unless you’ve had problems in the past, you probably take for granted that your kidneys are working as they should. But more than one in 10 adults in the United States has kidney disease, and most people who have it don’t know it.