Heart Stent Patients on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk
Researchers at Mayo Clinic studied over 15,000 patients who received heart stents to open blocked arteries, comparing those with healthy kidneys to those on …
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Rare Heart Problem Found in Young Kidney Patient on Dialysis
Doctors discovered an unusual case of a 24-year-old man whose heart developed calcium deposits while receiving kidney dialysis treatment. These calcium …
Read MoreHow Kidney Dialysis Centers Can Cut Their Carbon Footprint
Kidney dialysis is a life-saving treatment, but it creates a lot of pollution. Researchers in Germany created a website tool to measure how much carbon …
Read MoreWhy Kidney Dialysis Patients Need Anti-Inflammatory Foods
Researchers studied what 54 kidney dialysis patients were eating and found that most of them (83%) were consuming foods that increase inflammation in their …
Read MoreWhy People with Kidney Disease May Not Get Enough Vitamin C
Researchers studied vitamin C levels in people with different stages of kidney disease and compared them to healthy people. They found that people with kidney …
Read MoreHow Community Health Workers Help Latino Dialysis Patients Feel Better
A new study looked at how Latino people with kidney failure experienced help from community health workers—people from their own communities trained to provide …
Read MoreSurgery vs. Medicine: Which Helps Kidney Transplants Last Longer?
When people receive a kidney transplant, their parathyroid glands (small glands that control calcium levels) sometimes go haywire and produce too much hormone. …
Read MoreSurgery Alone May Not Fix Kidney Calcium Problems
Doctors sometimes remove the parathyroid glands to treat a serious condition called uremic tumoral calcinosis, which causes calcium to build up in the bodies …
Read MoreWhy Kidney Disease Patients Break Hips More Often
Researchers looked at 35 years of medical records to understand why people with severe kidney disease have more hip fractures. They studied over 230,000 …
Read MoreExercise and Protein Help Dialysis Patients Build Stronger Muscles
Scientists looked at 89 studies involving over 6,000 dialysis patients to find the best ways to help them build muscle and stay strong. They found that …
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