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PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers That Require Surgery

...rately identifies whether a patient has clear cell renal carcinoma – the most common and aggressive type of renal tumor – and arms the urologist with crucial information that will help determine whether surgery is ...

Biocon Unveils Renal Therapies for Kidney Disorders

...y firm Biocon Ltd Thursday announced the launch of renal therapy products for treating kidney disorders and...), Rapacan (Sirolimus) and Erypro (rHuEpo). "Our renal therapy will enable patients with transplanted kidneys to become immune to any side effects and make...

Cancer-hit Geelani to Travel Abroad for Specialized Treatment

...atist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, diagnosed with renal cancer, is awaiting his travel documents to go to ...rs have diagnosed that Geelani suffers from severe renal cancer," Ayaz Akbar, Geelani's personal secretary, told IANS. He is at stage III of renal cancer a...

Research Improves Kidney Transplant Chances for Sensitized Patients

...splantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage renal disease, and being able to offer transplantation to this population is a significant advance," says Dr. Pearson. Based on results of the Emory study, a UNOS committee is looking at the algorithm as UNOS reevaluates its kidney allocation system. The...

Freezing Kidney Tumors Effective and Less Expensive Than Laparoscopy

...yoablation for use in soft tissue tumors, of which renal cell carcinoma is one. “We are excited about this study because it offers patients with renal cell carcinoma a less traumatic treatment that can be repeated as needed,” Hinshaw added. “Depending...

Uric Acid Levels Tied to Impaired Thinking in the Elderly

...ncentration of lipids in the bloodstream, obesity, renal disease, insulin resistance, and the metabolic syndrome. The investigators found that the relationship of uric acid to cognition survived correction for most of these factors. One question raised in the study was how the findings could be reconcile...

MRI Contrast Agent Linked to Complication in Renal Patients

...ly occurred in people on dialysis or with impaired renal (kidney) function." The researchers reviewed rec... gadolinium-based MRI scans resulted in NSF in the renal population," Dr. Cowper adds. There was no risk when MRI scans were done without gadolinium. So far,...

Drug Used in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery may Increase Risk of Death

... doubling to tripling of the risk of perioperative renal [kidney] dysfunction and failure requiring dialysi... that in addition to the previously reported acute renal and vascular safety concerns, aprotinin use is associated with an increased risk of long-term mortal...

Vellore’s CMC Offers Hope for Bhutanese Patient

...in Vellore, said about 100 patients suffering from renal and kidney failure, blood and bone marrow cancer are referred every year to the hospital. However, the Bhutanese patients have to go through some trouble before they can access the high quality treatment. "The treatment here is good but it takes ...

Communication in the ICU to Be Strengthened

...e admitted to the ICU for respiratory, cardiac, or renal failure; coma; or shock. The involved family members averaged 54 years of age, most were female, over 60 percent were Catholic, and over 80 percent were either the spouse or the child of the patient. On average, the customary-practice conferences i...

Anemia Drugs to Be Taken With Caution

...in conditions of anemia caused by chemotherapy and renal failure patients. According to Roger Perlmutter, Amgen Inc.’s Executive Vice President for Research and Development, this drug if used within the specified indications is bound to be safe. Generally EPO drugs are meant for people undertaking che...

A Little Heavy on the Vitamins, Please

...tamin C and E can reduce the chances of developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC). RCC is a form of kidney ca... C is associated with a 44 percent reduced risk of renal cell cancer as compared to the an average daily amount of 89.4 micrograms. Says lead author Cristi...

Vitamins C and E Lowers Kidney Cancer Risk

...er cent of all kidney cancers are accounted for by renal cell carcinoma (RCC). According to the charity Can...nal of Cancer, assessed the dietary intakes of 767 renal cell cancer patients (494 men and 273 women) and 1,534 controls (988 men and 546 women) using a 78-i...

Chinese Herb Shows Promise In Reducing Hypertension

...ers applied the 2-kidney-1-clip protocol to induce renal hypertension in male golden Syrian hamsters. The a...used to place a silver clip to constrict the right renal artery. Sham-operated hamsters and mice underwent the same procedure, except for the placement of a ...

New Biotech Drugs to Aid in Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment

...xavar) have been found to delay the progression of renal cell carcinoma by 3 to 6 months. Renal cell carc...nt of all cancer deaths and around 30,000 cases of renal cell carcinoma are diagnosed every year. The standard drugs used are interferon alfa and interleu...

A Gene Associated With Severe Kidney Failure in Diabetes Found

...rom developing severe kidney failure or "end-stage renal disease." The carnosinase 1 gene, located on human chromosome 18, produces the protective factor, said Barry I. Freedman, M.D., the John H. Felts III Professor and head of the Section on Nephrology, in an article in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantat...

Uric Acid Levels (High-Normal) Associated With Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

...lso says there is mounting evidence that end-stage renal (kidney) disease increases the risk of cognitive dysfunction and dementia in elderly adults. Given this web of connections, uric acid could potentially become a valuable biological marker for very early cognitive problems in old age. The researche...

True Equality For Indigenous Australians

...gher rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and renal failure, among other diseases. The Indigenous infant mortality rate is more than twice as high as that of non-Indigenous Australians. “In the last 20 years, disease and mortality rates of Indigenous people relative to the rest of the population h...

Surgery, the Best Option for Kids With High Blood Pressure

...ressure, surgery is the best option for those with renal artery obstructions, causing a rare but especially...ops as a result of developmental narrowings in the renal arteries, the name for vessels that bring blood to the kidneys. In some children, the nearby section...

For Kids With High BP, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail

...ressure, surgery is the best option for those with renal artery obstructions, causing a rare but especially...ops as a result of developmental narrowings in the renal arteries, the name for vessels that bring blood to the kidneys. In some children, the nearby section...

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