Flu Vaccine Uptake Varies by Sociodemographic Factors in CKD Patients
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), younger adults, Black individuals, and those with adverse social determinants of health are less likely to receive a flu vaccine, according to a study publis…
Learn MoreBenefit of ICD Attenuated in CKD Patients Receiving Cardiac Resynchronization
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), the benefit of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) may be attenuated, according to a stud…
Learn MoreYour Wrist Could Give Clues to Future Health
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One day, it may be possible to monitor people for risk of disease through continuously measuring skin temperature.Researchers have found in a new study that wrist temperature is associated with future risk of…
Learn MoreProteinuria Higher With Dasatinib Exposure in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) receiving tyrosine-kinase inhibitor therapy, exposure to dasatinib is associated with increased odds of proteinuria, according to a study published onli…
Learn MoreEn una primicia, científicos cultivan riñones humanizados dentro de cerdos
JUEVES, 7 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Por primera vez, un órgano humanizado sólido ha sido cultivado desde cero en un animal, un primer paso en un proceso que podría resolver la escasez de órganos y salvar innumerables vidas.Investigador…
Learn MoreIn a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.Chinese researchers…
Learn MoreIn a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.Chinese researchers…
Learn MoreCanagliflozin Reduces Cardiorenal Biomarkers in T2D
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria, canagliflozin reduces the longitudinal trajectory of increase in cardiorenal biomarkers, according to a study published online Aug. 22 in Circulation.James L…
Learn MoreBudesonide Yields Durable Reduction in eGFR for IgA Nephropathy
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, nine months of treatment with targeted-release formulation of budesonide (Nefecon) yields a greater reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR…
Learn MoreImproved Outcomes Seen With Lower 2021 KDIGO BP Target
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The newly lowered Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) blood pressure (BP) target systolic BP (SBP) of
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