American Heart Association urges doctors to treat unhealthy habits more aggressively
Health care providers should treat unhealthy behaviors as aggressively as they treat high blood pressure, cholesterol and other heart disease risk factors, according to an American Heart Association science advisory published in the journal Circulation.
Improving nutritional status before bladder cancer surgery improves outcomes
Patients with bladder cancer are two times more likely to have complications after a radical cystectomy procedure if they have a biomarker for poor nutritional status before the operation, according to study findings presented at the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
Ministers of health from throughout the Americas said this week that chronic kidney disease of unknown causes that has claimed thousands of lives in agricultural communities in Central America is a serious public health problem.
Genes involved in kidney disease identified by “in silico nano-dissection”
Understanding how genes act in specific tissues is critical to our ability to combat many human diseases, from heart disease to kidney failure to cancer. Yet isolating individual cell types for study is impossible for most human tissues.
Citrus fruits may prevent kidney cysts
Scientists have discovered that a component found in grapefruit and other citrus fruits may successfully block the development of kidney cysts, according to a study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology.
Daytime Drowsiness in Diabetics Predicts Hypoglycemia
Elderly patients with type 2 diabetes who experience increased daytime sleepiness may be at increased risk for hypoglycemia, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Diabetes Care.
Prehypertension Ups End-Stage Renal Disease Risk
Prehypertension, especially in the high range, is associated with an increased likelihood of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a recent study suggests.
Dialysis Patient Bloodstream Infections Linked to CVCs
Central venous catheters are significantly associated with the development of vascular access-related bloodstream infections (VABSI) in outpatient hemodialysis (HD) patients, according to a new study presented at ID Week 2013.
Dialysis Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Have Worse Outcomes
Maintenance dialysis patients hospitalized over weekends have increased mortality rates and longer lengths of stay compared with those admitted during weekdays, according to researchers.
The authors assessed whether daily application of honey at the exit site would increase the time to peritoneal–dialysis–related infections compared with standard exit–site care plus intranasal mupirocin prophylaxis for nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.
A clinical trial of medical grade honey to prevent infection in peritoneal dialysis patients did not have a sweet outcome — the sticky substance didn’t work.
Pulmonary Artery Monitor Gets FDA Panel Backing
An FDA advisory committee has voted in support of approving an implantable sensor that measures pulmonary artery pressure and remotely reports that information to physicians.
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