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5 days ago

Policy Intervention Linked to Increase in Kidney Transplants in Black Patients - News Center

"This argues for the need to sustain such policies and shows that it is possible to right the wrongs retroactively, which is a powerful idea," said Kenneth Michelson, MD, MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Emergency Medicine and a co-author of the study.
Medicine
Health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

How does kidney disease actually work?

Kidneys filter approximately 150 quarts of blood daily through millions of nephrons, removing waste while retaining essential nutrients, salts, and water necessary for cellular function and survival.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

New treatments and new hope reach kidney patients

Chronic kidney disease affects one in seven U.S. adults, yet 90 percent remain undiagnosed; new treatments from diabetes and cardiovascular drugs, advances in pregnancy management, and medications for autoimmune kidney disease offer improved outcomes.
Cancer
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'How my girl, 9, beat kidney failure and cancer'

A nine-year-old girl survived kidney failure, received a transplant, overcame bowel cancer, and was declared cancer-free, defying medical expectations at each stage.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

Healthy babies are now possible for more people with kidney disease

Women with kidney disease can now successfully carry pregnancies with proper medical management and kidney transplants, reversing decades of medical discouragement against pregnancy in this population.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

'I can move on with life'- first robot heart op patient

St George's Hospital successfully performs robotic-assisted heart bypass surgery, reducing recovery time and complications for cardiac patients.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

New early-warning alerts have doctors thinking it may be possible to repair a damaged kidney

Drug-induced acute kidney injury is common in hospitalized patients but often goes unrecognized because it causes no symptoms and damage occurs before creatinine levels rise enough to alert clinicians.
Medicine
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

UC-created algorithm can help treat chronic health condition

A UC-developed hypertension medication algorithm improved blood pressure control in nearly 5,000 California patients and prevented dozens of deaths after implementation in 2023.
fromMission Local
2 months ago

The Great Highway is poised to become San Francisco's kidney dialysis

Barring unforeseen lunacy, come November, you'll be voting on cars on the Great Highway - for the third time since 2022. Like PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES BY DECEMBER 10 AND APRIL 10!!! there are some things you can apparently mark in permanent pen on your calendar. At the statewide level, you'll be voting about kidney dialysis and, locally, you'll be voting on this.
SF politics
fromNews Center
1 month ago

Advancing Preventive Care and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Through Online Tools - News Center

As the Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Khan studies the epidemiology of risk for heart failure. Using population-based cohorts and large electronic health record data analyses, she performs mechanistic studies that may enhance risk prediction and identify novel therapeutic agents for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Khan and her team have developed a tool to predict risk and prevent cardiovascular disease such as heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, coronary artery disease and many other conditions.
Public health
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Doctors keep patient alive using artificial lungs' for two days

A surgical team created and used artificial lungs to bridge blood flow, oxygenate blood, and stabilize a dying patient for a double-lung transplant.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

UK first as cutting-edge therapy used for 'debilitating' heart condition

He has been living with atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart rhythm problem, affecting 1.4m people in the UK, that can cause your heart to beat irregularly and often too fast. "It's very debilitating. On my worst day I feel very tired, my heart rate increases rapidly - I could walk for 2 or 3 miles and be okay, I could walk for 100 yards and it would hit me."
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