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Soy Benefits May Not Be As Much As Thought Before

...est that soy had an effect on bone health, cancer, kidney disease, endocrine function, reproductive health, neuro-cognitive function, or glucose metabolism. This report shows that there is a lot we don’t know about soy, and that more research is needed to determine if soy has any impact on a number of hea...

Good news for those of you wanting to live longer

...ngevity. The hormone is produced in the brain and kidney in some animal species, which then leaks into the blood stream. It is named after a Greek God, Klotho, who is held to control controlled the length of human life. Mice that were specifically designed to produce large amounts of the hormone were found...

Diabetic Amputation May Reduce If Free Screenings Are There

... have a problem, they are often facing amputation, kidney damage, or stroke During the Legs For Life screening, an ankle brachial index (ABI) test is used to detect PAD. This quick, painless test compares the blood pressure in the legs to the blood pressure in the arms to determine how well the blood is f...

Soy Not Such A Wonder For Health?

...est that soy had an effect on bone health, cancer, kidney disease, endocrine function, reproductive health, neurocognitive function, or glucose metabolism. A wide variety of soy products were studied, including foods such as soybeans, soy flour, soy milk, tofu, miso, tempeh, natto, and okara; isolated and t...

New Technique To Test Stem Cells That Heal The Heart

... the MSCs to non-target organs, such as the liver, kidney and spleen. Measuring the radiation levels in tissues obtained from the animals after their death validated these findings. MRI, because of its lower sensitivity, was unable to demonstrate targeted cardiac localization of MSCs. ...

Drug Spironolactone Provides Renal And Cardioprotection In Diabetic Patients

...ertensive drugs, reduced the chances of developing kidney failure and reduced blood pressure and albumin pro...atients with high blood pressure are more prone to kidney diseases. Supplementation of Spironolactone has found to inhibit aldosterone, as this hormone increa...

Exubera could mean the end of an insulin injection era for diabetics

...d to blood vessel and organ damage, blindness, and kidney failure and foot ailments. Despite approval, many would still have to use needles, because the drug is not a replacement for the currently available longer-acting insulin. In addition, patients who smoke will be excluded from taking the drug, becau...

Kidneys Can Be Transplanted From Animals Such As Pigs In Future

...ations. The first successful transplantation was a kidney transplantation performed between identical // twi...dvances. Normally planting a pig organ such as a kidney in a human triggers an immediate and deadly immune response. Attempts have been made to breed "safer...

Younger People More Susceptible To Gum Disease

...he body, thereby leading to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and obstetric complications. Investigators studied data gathered from 400 people and analyzed how wisdom teeth change in condition over time. One quarter of the people in their 20s had periodontal problems with no symptoms, a surprising find...

Better Research Rats To Help In Learning About Hypertension

...t may contribute to both diastolic dysfunction and kidney injury. Source: Newswise ...

Small Kidney Malfunctions Can Increase The Risk Of Deaths

...eath, especially for patients suffering from acute kidney injury (AKI). Researchers from University of Calif...t serum creatinine measurement, a standard test of kidney function. The researchers sought to determine the rate of increases in serum creatinine, a sign of a...

Wisdom Teeth: To Be Or Not To Be?

...irectly linked to coronary artery disease, stroke, kidney disease and obstetric complications. And since the third molars are a reservoir of bacteria due to their crooked position in the mouth, dentists advise that early removal reduces the risk of developing potentially serious infections in later life....

New Study Will The Look Into The Effects Of Synthetic Steroids

... will be compared to blood pressure regulation and kidney function in 14- year-olds who were exposed to synthetic steroids before birth. About 200 adolescents who were born prematurely and were cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units at either Brenner Children's Hospital or Forsyth Medical Center wil...

Nutrition Guide For Diabetic Nephropathy

...signs of diabetic nephropathy. Undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in patients with diabetes....y care clinicians screen all diabetic patients for kidney disease on an annual basis. A symposium at the 65th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes As...

Common, cheaper drugs could be used to treat hypertension

...complications such as heart attack, stroke, and // kidney failure if left untreated. Fortunately, it can be diagnosed by a very simple out patient examination and treatment involves the use of anti-hypertensive medication. Two inexpensive, but widely overlooked drugs may help many patients who continue to ...

Conjoined Indian Twins See Hope On The Horizon

...-D image of the twins. The final step would be a kidney transplant to the twin without any kidneys. "We are not rushing into anything here at all and we want to make sure we take advantage of every piece of knowledge that is available," commented Carson. However no date has been set for the surgery since ...

US Kidney Failure Rates show Stabilization After 20-Year Climb

...ses from 5 to 10 percent//, rates for new cases of kidney failure. However worryingly there is still a drama...acial disparity. The average annual increase of kidney diseases has been less than 1 percent since 1999, compared to an average 5 percent in the previous d...

Development of kidney disease in adults with pre-diabetes

...etes is a major risk factor for the development of kidney disease and is the leading cause of end-stage rena...pre-diabetes is associated with the development of kidney disease is unclear//. The finding, that declines in kidney function are present early on among sub...

Strategies To Boost Living Donor Kidney Transplants

...solution is to increase the number of living donor kidney transplants.// A recent paper in the November is...le is to inform the urologist who does not perform kidney transplants, about the magnitude of the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) problem. The authors review...

Glimepiride in the medical management of Type 2 diabetes

... to serious long-term sequelae, such as blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, neurologic impairment, and stroke. Stringent lifestyle modifications, including diet and exercise, are important measures in diabetes management, but they are often not sufficient to control hepatic glucose output and hypergly...

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