Nabi experimental vaccine reduced Staph aureus bloodstream infections by nearly 60 percent
...adult patients with end-stage kidney disease in 73 dialysis centers between April 1998 and April 2000. In eac...em and that requires repeated exposure to invasive dialysis procedures through a surgically implanted fistula or graft. These patients are generally immune com...Baxter's HomeChoice Pediatric dialysis system receives market clearance from FDA
...rket its HomeChoice Pediatric automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) system for use with pediatric patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD), one form of dialysis usually performed in the home. HomeChoice Pediatric is designed to meet ...NU scientist finds answers in Antarctic icefish
... and neutropenias associated with cancer or kidney dialysis treatment, disorders of iron metabolism in red cells, and many leukemias. Currently, the lack of a rapid, unbiased, genome-wide scan for components of blood forming pathways hampers the gene identification approach for developing therapeutic agents ...Study: specialization affects recommendation of kidney failure treatment
...eir peers who treat adults to recommend peritoneal dialysis over hemodialysis, report Johns Hopkins Children'...hould be aware that the recommendation you get for dialysis may depend on whether you go to a pediatric or adult-trained nephrologist," says the study's lead ...Lead-contaminated calcium supplements pose small but avoidable risk
... with even more significant calcium needs, such as dialysis patients, would be exposed to even higher amounts. It is impossible to avoid the substance completely. The heavy metal, which can lead to learning and behavioral difficulties in children and cardiovascular and kidney disease in adults with excessiv...Amino acid supplements improve dialysis patients' health
...ethod for improving the nutritional intake of some dialysis patients who are unable to meet their daily protei... protein in the blood, affects up to 40 percent of dialysis patients and is the strongest predictor of death in dialysis patients, they say. Nutritional interve...Genes may help protect kidneys from diabetes damage
...he filtration system breaks down, patients require dialysis or kidney transplants to survive. Though the study was conducted on mice, Coschigano notes that there is human evidence of the connection between growth hormone and kidney damage. People with acromegaly, a rare disease in which the body produces t...Researchers decode human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19
...ople worldwide. Half the affected people require dialysis or kidney transplant. Chromosome 19 contains 60 million bases, or about 2 percent of the human genome. Genes involved in repair of DNA damage as well as those associated with atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus are located on chromosome 19. The in...'Knockout' mouse may lead to major understanding of human kidney disorder
...o 20 years, and IgApatients may eventually require dialysis or kidney transplantation. However, inthe majority of patients who undergo transplantation, the disease re-occurs inthe transplanted kidneys. Currently, researchers do not know what causes thecondition or how to cure it. In the Nature Medic...New Method For Destroying Potentially Deadly Toxins In Drinking Water
... cases, according to the article. Approximately 50 dialysis patients in Brazil died in 1996 "due to the use ofmicrocystin-contaminated water in their treatment," notes Lawton. Long-termexposure is thought to contribute to liver cancer, the article states. In the U.S., the risk of humans getting i...Researchers Discover Way To Grow New Kidneys In Rats
...ent of a normal kidney'sfunction. In comparison, a dialysis machine augments a person's kidney functionby roughly 10 percent. The researchers are testing a cocktail of growth factorsto try to increase chimera function to 20 percent of normal. "We're not at thepoint where these kidneys can sustain life, but we......re or other causes and often leads to the need for dialysis or transplantation. Previous Hopkins studies have shown that a very low protein diet before dialysis may prolong the lives of some kidney failure patients after they start dialysis and may postpone the...