Renal Business Today - Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Advocacy Groups Release Free Kidney-Disease Resources

BETHESDA―A new series of free tools and resources will help community groups increase awareness about steps to prevent kidney disease or improve management. The online resource is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's National Kidney Disease Education Program ...More

2 weeks ago

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MEI Wins Award; Will Develop Website to Help Vets with CKD

MADISON, Wis.—The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the Medical Education Institute, Inc. (MEI), is a winner of the VA Innovation Initiative's (VAi2) Industry Innovation Competition (Industry-IC). The competition engages a wide variety of companies, non-profit ...More

3 weeks ago

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KAI Starts Phase 2 Study of CKD-MBD Drug

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— KAI Pharmaceuticals Inc. has started patient enrollment in the second phase 2 study of KAI-4169, a novel pharmaceutical agent being tested for the treatment of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) in hemodialysis patients ...More

January 6, 2012

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CKD Study Examines Phosphate Binders, Vitamin D and Arterial Calcification

BioTrends Research Group, LLC, has released findings from the 2011 ChartTrends: Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease report, the fifth in an on-going annual series. The study was conducted with 204 U.S. nephrologists who completed detailed chart reviews for ...More

December 28, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Researchers Identify Major Cause of CKD-Related Inflammation

IRVINE, Calif.—UC Irvine researchers have uncovered an important source of inflammation seen in people with chronic kidney disease, according to a study published online in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. ...More

December 14, 2011

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Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease Occur Earlier in Kids

In what may lead to a shift in treatment, the largest prospective study of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has confirmed some experts’ suspicions that complications occur early. The findings suggest the need for earlier, more aggressive management of blood ...More

October 4, 2011

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Equation Estimates Kidney Function as Well as Invasive Procedures

WASHINGTON—Equations that estimate a patient's kidney function work as well as direct, invasive measurements, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). ...More

September 16, 2011

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At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring More Effective in CKD

CHICAGO—Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring with collection of BP readings over 24 hours may better predict, in cases of nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD), whether patients will experience end-stage renal disease, mortality or cardiovascular events that require ...More

June 28, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

U.S. Diabetic Kidney Disease Prevalence Rises

CHICAGO—Over the past two decades the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the U.S. increased in direct proportion to the prevalence of diabetes itself, according to a study in the June 22/29 issue of JAMA. ...More

June 21, 2011

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Poorer Outcomes for CKD Patients with Elevated Levels of Certain Hormone

CHICAGO—Patients in the early stages of chronic kidney disease who had elevated levels of the endocrine hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (that regulates phosphorus metabolism) had an associated increased risk of end-stage renal disease and death, according to a study in ...More

June 14, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

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