NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reducing blood pressure with the drug combination perindopril-indapamide reduces renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes, even when the initial blood pressure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc), treatment with rituximab depletes B cells in the peripheral circulation and in skin, with few…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Educating patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to avoid processed and fast foods prepared with phosphorus-containing additives results in clinically significant improvements in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pulse pressure can be used to screen patients with chronic kidney disease to identify those with coronary artery calcification who need further evaluation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One reason that African Americans have high rates of renal failure is that earlier, treatable stages of kidney disease are not being recognized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carefully selected kidney donors can expect to live just as long as people in the general population and experience no significant drop in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – US researchers have developed a clinical equation that may enhance the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in children with chronic kidney disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with hydroxychloroquine, initiated soon after disease onset, is protective against renal damage, according to study findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Passive cycling movements and transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation during hemodialysis can improve blood pressure and enhance removal of urea and phosphate, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nephropathy associated with iodinated contrast medium exposure can be fatal, physicians report in the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. However, the mortality…