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Heart Failure Patients With Kidney Dysfunction Don't Recover Well After Hospital Discharge (redOrbit)
Wed Nov 18 13:08:20 PST 2009
Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.The study's gloomy finding is the first time researchers...
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Heart Failure Patients With Kidney Dysfunction Don't Recover Well After Hospital Discharge (Medical News Today)
Wed Nov 18 08:41:29 PST 2009
Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
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High Blood Pressure Easy To Miss In Children With Kidney Disease (Medical News Today)
Sat Nov 21 04:37:49 PST 2009
Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension even during doctor's office visits increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the...
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High blood pressure easy to miss in children with kidney disease (EurekAlert!)
Fri Nov 20 13:28:28 PST 2009
( Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ) Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension -- even during doctor's office visits -- increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center...
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Bristol woman waiting for kidney transplant gives birth (This is Bristol)
Fri Nov 20 08:00:53 PST 2009
A Bristol woman awaiting a kidney transplant gave birth to a healthy baby despite being told it was unlikely she would conceive.
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Kidney transplant recipients on road to recovery share hugs, tears with donors (New York Daily News)
Thu Nov 19 20:29:00 PST 2009
Marilyn McMillan promised to give her long-lost friend Cheryl Chiera a kidney. Instead, McMillan gave the organ to a complete stranger named Harvalene McClernan. In return, McClernan's son, Jeffrey, gave Chiera one of his kidneys.
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Chain reaction: Local man involved in eight-person kidney transplant (Westborough News)
Fri Nov 20 09:41:27 PST 2009
Forget about giving you the shirt off his back – Edward Behn doesn’t mind parting with a kidney. That is, he wouldn’t if the Westborough resident hadn’t already donated one earlier this month, kicking off a chain of kidney “swaps” that affected the lives of eight people in total.
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Little Girl Waits for Kidney Transplant (NBC 15 Mobile)
Fri Nov 20 16:58:03 PST 2009
It was a birthday unlike most celebrations. Instead of a big party, toys and balloons, one Mobile couple celebrated their daughter's first birthday with quiet resilience.
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Aboriginal kidney sufferers opt to die at home (The New Zealand Herald)
Fri Nov 20 10:22:09 PST 2009
Aborigines needing renal dialysis are choosing to die in central Australia rather than travel to Adelaide or Perth for treatment, a medical advocacy group says.Stephanie Bell, from the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the...
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Aboriginal kidney sufferers opt to die at home (The New Zealand Herald)
Fri Nov 20 07:14:37 PST 2009
Aborigines needing renal dialysis are choosing to die in central Australia rather than travel to Adelaide or Perth for treatment, a medical advocacy group says.
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