Chelation therapy reduces cardiovascular events for older patients with diabetes
Chelation treatments reduced cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, and death, in patients with diabetes but not in those who did not have diabetes, according to analyses of data from the National Institutes of Health-funded Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT). However, researchers say more studies are needed before it’s known whether this promising finding leads to a treatment option.
Study has implications for women of child-bearing age with kidney disease
Women with advanced kidney disease who start dialysis during pregnancy have superior live birth rates than those already on dialysis at the time of conception, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The findings provide valuable information for counseling women with kidney disease who are of child-bearing age.
Urine culture study in NEJM suggests updated approach to diagnosing UTIS
Urinary tract infections account for millions of outpatient visits each year, and half of women report having had at least one occurrence by age 32.
A uniform approach to the treatment of bladder cancer needed
New study, involving eight Italian research centres, concluded that an aligned approach to the treatment of advanced bladder cancer is much needed, while confirming previously published results on survival estimates of associated salvage therapies.
‘Prehabilitation’ exercise training effective before surgery in an elderly population
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) assessment and exercise training in an elderly population is safe and well tolerated, according to the results of a new feasibility study, conducted in the UK.
Scientists create ‘mini-kidneys’ from human stem cells
Investigators from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California say the mini-kidney structures could open new avenues for studying the development of kidney disease and lead to the creation of new drugs that target the condition.
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