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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com --- 7 days ago
He was 60 and is survived by wife Surekha, a son and daughter. Both his children are in the US and the last rites will be performed after they return on Monday. ... Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 8 days ago
Related Articles Mispredicting and misremembering: patients with renal Failure overestimate improvements in quality of life after a Kidney transplant. Health Psychol. 2008 Sep;27(5):653-8 Authors: Smith D, Loewenstein G, Jepson C, Jankovich A, Feldman H, Ubel P OBJECTIVE: People tend to overestimate the impact that future events will have on their quality of life. In the case of a medical treatment like Kidney transplant, this should result in biased predictions--overestimates of how much the transplant will benefit quality of life. The authors surveyed Kidney transplant patients, both before and after transplant, to test whether they would overestimate the benefits of a successful transplant for their quality of life. DESIGN: The authors interviewed 307 patients on a waiting list for cadaveric renal or renal-pancreatic transplant, and 195 patients one year after a successful transplant. A sub sample of patients were interviewed both before and after transplant. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The survey included measures of quality of life, both in terms of an overall estimate (0-100), and across sub domains, including health, employment, and travel. RESULTS: Cross-sectional results suggested that overall quality of life improved after transplant, but the predictions of pretransplant patients overestimated the magnitude of the improvement (p < .01). In addition, patients predicted large improvements in specific life domains that did not chang ... Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 23 days ago
Related Articles Stem cells for Kidney repair: useful tool for acute renal Failure? Kidney Int. 2008 Oct;74(7):847-9 Authors: Yokoo T, Kawamura T, Kobayashi E Several cell types isolated from adult tissues have been reported to differentiate into mature Kidney cells that may participate in renal repair after systemic administration. Chen et al. report that local mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult mouse kidneys are another source of cells with similar properties. Although these cells have the potential to differentiate into endothelial-lineage cell types, their therapeutic benefit to the ischemic Kidney is mainly via the production of renoprotective factors.Kidney International (2008) 74, 847-849. doi:10.1038/ki.2008.327. PMID: 18794815 [PubMed - in process] ... Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 20 days ago
Related Articles The Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index: A Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsy Scoring System for Predicting Graft Failure. Am J Transplant. 2008 Sep 17; Authors: Munivenkatappa RB, Schweitzer EJ, Papadimitriou JC, Drachenberg CB, Thom KA, Perencevich EN, Haririan A, Rasetto F, Cooper M, Campos L, Barth RN, Bartlett ST, Philosophe B Despite the common use of diagnostic pretransplant deceased donor Kidney biopsy, there is no consensus on the prognostic significance of the pathologic findings. In order to assist clinicians with interpretation we analyzed 371 pretransplant biopsies and correlated the findings with graft Failure. Glomerular pathology was assessed with percent glomerulosclerosis (GS), glomerular size and periglomerular fibrosis (PGF); vascular pathology with arterial wall-to-lumen ratio (WLR) and arteriolar hyalinosis and interstitial pathology with measurement of cumulative fibrosis and presence of scar. Using two-thirds of the study population as a model-development cohort, we found that biopsy features independently associated with an increased risk of graft Failure were GS >/=15%, interlobular arterial WLR >/=0.5 and the presence of PGF, arteriolar hyalinosis or scar. The Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI), was developed from these parameters and validated on the remaining one-third of the population. Five-year actuarial graft survival was 90% for kidneys with MAPI scores between 0 and 7, 63% for scores ... Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 21 days ago
Related Articles Comparison of health-related quality of life measures for chronic renal Failure: quality of well-being scale, short-form-6D, and the Kidney disease quality of life instrument. Qual Life Res. 2008 Sep 13; Authors: Saban KL, Stroupe KT, Bryant FB, Reda DJ, Browning MM, Hynes DM BACKGROUND: Studies have found that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurements with different conceptual bases yield widely varying results within the same study sample. Using data from a cohort of patients with chronic Kidney Failure, the purpose of this study was to compare the Quality of Well-Being Scale-Self-Administered (QWB-SA), the Short-Form-6D (SF-6D), and the Kidney Disease Component Summary (KDCS). METHODS: Baseline data from a multi-site prospective observational study of 322 veterans receiving hemodialysis were analyzed. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to determine how closely the three HRQOL tools reflected the same underlying construct. RESULTS: Our confirmatory factor analysis offered strong evidence that the subscales of the QWB-SA, SF-6D, and 7-subscale KDCS measured more than one factor in this study sample. In the three-factor model, the SF-6D and 7-subscale KDCS correlated .911 (P < .05), indicating 83% of the variance in the 7-subscale KDCS was correlated with the SF-6D. However, a two-factor model, in which the highly correlated SF-6D and 7-subscale KDCS were combin ... Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 17 days ago
Related Articles Ghrelin and other appetite regulating hormones in paediatric patients with chronic renal Failure during dialysis and following Kidney transplantation. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Sep 22; Authors: Arbeiter AK, Büscher R, Petersenn S, Hauffa BP, Mann K, Hoyer PF BACKGROUND: Patients with renal insufficiency often suffer from cachexia and growth retardation due to low appetite and increased resting metabolic rate. The neuroendocrine hormone ghrelin, a growth hormone secretagogue, enhances food intake, but its role in the development of a cachectic state in renal insufficiency is unclear. Objective. The aim of our study was to investigate the plasma concentration of total ghrelin and other hormones involved in appetite regulation in children with preterminal chronic renal Failure (CRF, n = 24), children undergoing dialysis (n = 19), children after renal transplantation (RTx, n = 59) and healthy controls (n = 10). RESULTS: Total ghrelin was significantly elevated in CRF patients (1370 +/- 182 pg/ml; mean +/- SEM) when compared to control subjects (682 +/- 106 pg/ml; P = 0.016) or patients following RTx (859 +/- 51 pg/ml; P = 0.002). Furthermore, a negative correlation between glomerular filtration rate and total ghrelin was observed in CRF and transplant recipients (r = 0.36, P = 0.0006). BMI SDS (standard deviation score) is lower in CRF patients compared to the other groups (P < 0.0001). Leptin, adiponectin, blood gluc ... Source: www.fark.com --- 32 days ago
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Source: birmingham.bizjournals.com --- 31 days ago
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a five-year, $4.2 million grant to research new methods of treating and preventing Kidney Failure. ... Source: hotair.com --- 11 days ago
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The care of Michigan inmates on Kidney dialysis is so inferior, it threatens their health and could cause some to die unnecessarily, a doctor appointed by a federal judge concluded. The "serious, ongoing problems in the medical care" of patients... ...
Source: www.topix.com --- 5 days ago
In developing countries like Bhutan today, infection however is still the major cause of Kidney damage. ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 10 days ago
According to CNN, the leader of Pakistan's Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, has died from Kidney Failure. ... Source: www.citizenlink.org --- 10 days ago
Researchers in Utah are testing adult stem cells as a way to prevent or treat acute Kidney Failure. ... Source: www.news-medical.net --- 26 days ago
Scientists at Johns Hopkins schools of Public Health and Medicine have, for the first time, identified variants in the gene MYH9 that are associated with increased risk for non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD,) which is the near-loss of Kidney function leading to either dialysis of transplant. MYH9, located on the 22 chromosome, is the first gene identified for common forms of Kidney disease. ... Source: www.jhsph.edu --- 26 days ago
Scientists at Johns Hopkins schools of Public Health and Medicine have, for the first time, identified variants in the gene MYH9 that are associated with increased risk for non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD,) which is the near-loss of Kidney function leading to either dialysis of transplant. MYH9, located on the 22 chromosome, is the first gene identified for common forms of Kidney disease. ... Source: www.topix.com --- 16 days ago
MILLIONAIRE writer Nicholas Evans has been left with "absolutely no Kidney function" after eating poisonous mushrooms on a holiday in the Highlands. ... Source: isotank.wordpress.com --- 29 days ago
What a heartbreaking weekend Mary & I had…. Leota (Leota is our new kitten. We picked her up from the Providence Animal Rescue when she was 6 wks. old; she’s now 10 wks old) had been acting rather strange last week; she was very lethargic, lost her appetite, and was extremely frail.. We took her to [...] ... Find more results for Kidney Failure on RSSMicro.com |
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I got this email today from the Chinese Government: Dear Bill, Thank you for accepting to speak at the upcoming China International Food Safety & Quality Conference, September 24 - 25, 2008, Landmark Hotel & Tower, Beijing. We are honored to have you as a speaker on the program and look forward to your speech. As a reminder, all speakers are expected to exercise diplomacy during your presentation. The CIFSQ Conference is intended to encourage healthy constructive dialogue and information exchange amongst industry players, government regulators and the scientific community to enhance food safety for all consumers. Once again, welcome and I hope you have a productive and meaningful week ahead. Sincerely, Benny Sun Program Manager CIFSQ 2008 I wonder if they do not want me to talk about the tainted baby formula that has been blamed for killing four infants and sickening 6,200 in China since the scandal broke last week. About 1,300 babies, mostly newborns, are in hospitals and 158 of them are suffering from acute Kidney Failure. Thousands of parents across China are bringing their children to hospitals for health checks. Assuming that all these numbers are even close to being accurate. Hard not to notice – impossible not to talk about. ...