FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dialysis is time-consuming, making it hard for kidney failure patients to keep fit. But cycling during treatment sessions could boost patients’ heart health and cut medical costs, new research shows. Dialysis can lead to long-term scarring of the heart, which can eventually leadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Long-term organ damage appears to be common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients after they’ve recovered and been discharged, British researchers report. One U.S. expert who read over the report said she’s seen the same in her practice. “This study proves that the damage doneContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 may intensify kidney damage in people with acute kidney injury (AKI), researchers report. AKI is a sudden decline in the kidney’s filtration function that happens to 15% of hospitalized patients. It increases a patient’s likelihood of death 10-fold. The reason is unknown,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Do you struggle with chronic kidney disease? Exercise may be the best prescription for your condition, new research out of Taiwan suggests. Scientists found that highly active patients had a lower risk of kidney disease progression, heart problems and death. The study lookedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People with kidney failure related to sickle cell disease are less likely to receive a transplant than those without sickle cell disease, but it could be life-saving for them, a new study finds. Sickle cell disease is a risk factor for kidney failure,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Despite widespread efforts to increase access and awareness, new research shows there’s been virtually no change in the number of people on waiting lists for potentially lifesaving kidneys over the past two decades. For their study, scientists analyzed information on more than 1.3Continue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Electronic ‘early warning systems’ for kidney damage in hospital patients don’t improve outcomes, researchers say. These systems are meant to alert for acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI, a sudden decrease in the kidney’s filtration function, occurs in 15% of hospital patients and increasesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with chronic kidney disease who stop using a class of common blood pressure medications may lower their risk for dialysis, but they also raise their odds of cardiovascular disease, a new study finds. The blood pressure medicines in question are called renin-angiotensinContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 patients who have kidney disease or whose kidneys are damaged by the virus have a much higher risk of dying from the illness, a new study suggests. Researchers who studied 372 patients admitted to four intensive care units (ICUs) in the UnitedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 can damage the kidneys and increase patients’ risk of needing kidney dialysis, researchers report. The study authors also warned that doctors should prepare for a significant rise in chronic kidney disease cases due to the pandemic. For the study, the investigators analyzedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — New hepatitis C medications are allowing people to receive a kidney transplant from a deceased donor who had the liver disease — a strategy aimed at getting more lifesaving organs to patients languishing on waitlists. Two new studies are highlighting the promise ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, early dialysis doesn’t reduce death any more than standard care does, new research finds. “Studying a large number of patients from many countries across different hospital settings gives us a degree of confidence that takingContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 5 people worldwide has a least one underlying health condition that puts them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness, researchers say. While the analysis of data from 188 countries suggests that 22% of the world’s population, or 1.7 billionContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than one-fifth of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in New York City have critical illness, and nearly 80% of critically ill patients need ventilators to help them breathe, according to a new study. The findings have important implications for U.S. hospitals, specifically the needContinue Reading