Kidney Transplantation Worth the Wait
Wednesday, 03 November 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even though patients are waiting longer to receive kidney transplants, those who do receive a transplant live longer than those who remain on dialysis, according to a presentation last weekend at the American Society of Nephrology's 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in St. Louis.
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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Failure in US Doubled in Last Decade
Friday, 08 October 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 1990 and 2001, the prevalence of chronic kidney failure in the US rose from 697 to 1424 cases per million population, an increase of 104%, according to a report released Thursday.
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Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Corrects Hemostatic Abnormalities in Uremic Diabetics
Friday, 01 October 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among uremic patients with type 1 diabetes, multiple hemostatic abnormalities revert to normal after kidney-pancreas transplantation, according to a report in the September issue of Diabetes.
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New Kidney Transplant Guidelines Address Live Organ Donors
Monday, 13 September 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A consensus document outlining new guidelines for kidney transplantation from living donors was presented this week at the 20th International Congress of the Transplantation Society, held in Vienna, Austria.
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Histologic Assessment of Elderly Donor Kidneys for Single and Dual Kidney Transplant Results in Good One Year Graft Function and Survival
Friday, 10 September 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - With both the increasing need for renal transplantation and the increasing age of donors, it is imperative to determine which kidneys are suitable for transplantation.
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Appropriate Care Needed in Kidney Recipients with Diabetes
Thursday, 09 September 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A task force commissioned by the National Kidney Foundation concludes that transplantation offers the best outcome to patients with diabetes and advanced kidney disease, according to the team's report in the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. However, a number of problems have to be addressed.
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Partial Nephrectomy for Unilateral Wilms Tumor Should be Selectively Applied
Tuesday, 07 September 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The consensus from an article, Editorial and Letter to the Editor regarding partial nephrectomy and the management of unilateral Wilms tumor is that it has a limited but defined role.
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Azathioprine Contributes to Development of Post-Organ Transplant AML
Monday, 23 August 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Azathioprine immunosuppression after organ transplant is a risk factor for the development of acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome (AML/MDS), according to a report in the August 1st issue of Blood.
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Statins Curb Kidney Problems in Heart Disease Patients
Friday, 09 July 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with atorvastatin helps maintain creatinine clearance in dyslipidemic patients with coronary heart disease, Greek researchers report in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.
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Transplant Boosts Survival in Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease
Monday, 28 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term survival of children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has improved markedly during the past four decades, particularly in those who undergo transplantation, according to a report in the June 24th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Renal Organogenesis Achieved in Rats
Monday, 28 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For the first time, researchers report that have been able to transplant embryonic tissue into rats, grow the tissue into kidneys, remove the animals' native kidneys, and prove that the newly grown kidneys can perform the renal functions necessary to support life.
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Laparoscopic Nephrectomy is Safe for Older Kidney Donors
Tuesday, 22 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In older individuals who opt to donate a kidney, nephrectomy can be performed laparoscopically, with no increase in complication rates for either the donor or the recipient.
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Taiwanese Kidney Transplant Recipients are at High Risk for Urinary Tract Cancer
Friday, 18 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kidney transplant recipients in Taiwan are at particularly high risk for transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract, according to a study in the June issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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Angiotensin Manipulation Safe Soon after Kidney Transplant
Friday, 11 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It appears that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II (ATII) blockers can be given immediately after kidney transplantation without adversely affecting graft function.
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Doxercalciferol Curbs Hyperparathyroidism in Renal Disease
Friday, 04 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doxercalciferol safely suppresses parathyroid hormone (PTH) in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease, researchers report in the May issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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