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Early Signs of Kidney Disease by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 25 Jan 2011 12:24am The kidneys are essentially the filters of the body system and renal failure, if not diagnosed quickly and treated aggressively, can lead to a total breakdown of the body, and eventually, death. Functions of the urinary system The kidneys are a major part of the urinary system. The urinary system includes the kidneys, the ure ... Read on »

Kidney Disease, Diabetes and Vasculitis by animekid Posted Wed 16 Feb 2011 12:00am Hi there all. I have to again apologize for my not posting here regularly, but I will try to make up for that in the near future. On to the article at hand. I came across this piece the other day that was talking about chronic kidney disease, and there ... Read on »

Chronic kidney disease by Kel H. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 08 Oct 2008 12:12am (Today another guest post by Dr Andrew Weissenberger. Read more about Dr Weissenberger here ) Chronic kidney disease (CKD), commonly also known as chronic renal disease, is a progressive, and generally permanent, loss of kidney function over a period of months or years. If a permanent loss of more the one-third of kidney function oc ... Read on »

What can you do to protect yourself from kidney disease? by Kamal S. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 10 Mar 2010 9:51pm Today is World Kidney Day . For all you healthy individuals, it is a good time to take a few precautions to avoid kidney disease. Kidney disease is becoming increasingly common these days. It is affecting a large number of young people. Just this morning, I read interviews with nephrologists in the city where they said that they get b ... Read on »

Intensive Therapy Halves Kidney Disease in Type 1 Diabetes by Medline Plus Posted Mon 14 Nov 2011 6:17pm Controlling blood glucose early in the course of type 1 diabetes yields huge dividends, preserving kidney function for decades. The new finding from a study funded by the National Institutes of Health was published online in the New England Journal of Medicine Nov. 12 to coincide with p ... Read on »

Vitamin B1 Could Reverse Early-Stage Kidney Disease In Diabetes Patients by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Sun 21 Dec 2008 10:21am Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine – vitamin B1 – can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease. Kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy, develops progressively in patients with type 2 diabetes. Early development of kidney disease is assessed by a high excretion rate of the protein albumin ... Read on »

Gene Variant Increases Risk of Kidney Disease in African-Americans by Medline Plus Posted Mon 24 Oct 2011 10:33am African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists closer to understanding why African-Americans are four times more l ... Read on »

Differential Diagnosis of Granulomatous Kidney Disease by Matt S. Posted Tue 12 Jan 2010 12:00am Although it's not common (somewhere between 0.5 - 0.9% of all native kidney biopsies according to published case series), one of the fellows produced an interesting case of granulomatous interstitial nephritis in Renal Grand Rounds today. The case, in a nutshell: a middle-aged individual with ESRD of unknown etiology who is now on a 2nd ... Read on »

Does Sleep Apnea Cause Kidney Disease? by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 01 Apr 2009 2:33pm Kidney disease is not something that I’ve written about so far, but a recent study published in the March issue of Chest revealed that having chronic kidney disease is associated with a much higher chance of having obstructive sleep apnea. Knowing what we know about all the various physiologic effects caused by sleep apnea, this new finding is no ... Read on »

Protein in Urine Can Forecast Kidney Disease by Medline Plus Posted Thu 29 Jul 2010 3:13pm Thursday, July 29, 2010 By Emma Ashburn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors may be able to watch for kidney injury and protect patients by looking for protein in urine, researchers reported on Thursday. Patients with the highest levels of pro ... Read on »