Nephrology News

A new study suggests that sugary drinks might raise risk of kidney stones, while drinking coffee, tea, wine, beer, and orange juice might actually lower it.

International urology and nephrology , Vol. 43, No. 2. , pp. 581-584, doi:10.1007/s11255-010-9755-2 Thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplantation generally develops during treatment with calcineurin inhibitors.

Ahn-Gook Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a publicly held pharmaceutical company. It undertakes the research and development, and production of topical anesthetics, anti-inflammatory drugs, drugs for the digestive system, antiallergic agents, and vitamins and minerals.

SONAR is a large, multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study that is expected to enroll more than 4,000 patients with diabetic nephropathy.

John J. Viteritti, D.O., medical director, has been selected to participate as a fellow in the 2013-14 America's Health Insurance Plans Foundation Executive Leadership Program.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Heart Disease ; Cholesterol ; Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 19 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT LDL cholesterol is not a useful marker of heart disease risk in patients with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology .

Boston, May 18 : Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.

Taylor Simpson received a kidney from her mother, Lori Vargas, after being diagnosed with Goodpasture syndrome, a rare and life-threatening autoimmune disease.

Main Category: Transplants / Organ Donations Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology ; Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 17 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of ... (more)

Among patients with chronic kidney disease, those with very low kidney function had a higher risk of having a heart attack than those with higher kidney function over a four-year period.

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Bones / Orthopedics ; Urology / Nephrology Article Date: 16 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Androgen deprivation therapy is a common and effective treatment for advanced prostate cancer .

Correspondence to David M. Pollock, Department of Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Section of Experimental Medicine, CB2200, 1459 Laney Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA 30912.

From the Divisions of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine , Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics , Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine , Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology , Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way to prevent future stone formation.

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Hearing / Deafness ; Eye Health / Blindness ; Urology / Nephrology Article Date: 14 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Experiments at Johns Hopkins have unearthed clues about which protein signaling molecules are allowed into hollow, hair-like "antennae," called cilia, that alert cells to critical changes in ... (more)

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a daunting name for an equally daunting disease. Called LAM, for short, it's a rare but frequently fatal lung condition that affects almost exclusively women, usually in the prime of their lives, as they begin their careers and start families.

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology ; Stroke ; Heart Disease Article Date: 14 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT May contribute to known impact of air pollution on heart disease/stroke risk Living close to a major road may impair kidney function - itself a risk factor for heart disease and stroke - and so help ... (more)

GREENVILLE, N.C., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Greenville's Pediatric Nephrology specialist Dr.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- -- Relypsa, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the company has completed enrollment of its pivotal phase 3 program of patiromer for the treatment of hyperkalemia in patients with chronic kidney disease .

BRIGHTON, Mass., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Brighton's Nephrology specialist Dr.