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Robotic Transplant an Option for Obese Kidney Patients

CHICAGO—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 Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. ...More

2 weeks ago

Posted in News

ANNA Announces Election Results

PITMAN, NJ—Sharon Longton, BSN, RN, CNN, CCTC, of Southgate, Mich. has been elected national president-elect of the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA) for 2013-14. Longton’s responsibilities will include serving on the national board of directors (BOD) and as ...More

March 12, 2013

Posted in News, Practice Management

UCSF Artificial Kidney Project Receives $3 Million in New Funding

SAN FRANCISCO—A $750,000 gift from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation is spurring a UCSF-led effort to create the first implantable artificial kidney for patients with kidney failure. ...More

October 2, 2012

Posted in News, Government & Regulation

USC and UKRO Join to Establish Kidney Research Center at Keck School of Medicine of USC

LOS ANGELES—The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO), a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group that supports medical research concerning the causes, improved treatments for, and the ...More

September 21, 2012

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Nearly Half of Kidney Recipients in Living Transplant Chains Are Minorities

LOS ANGELES—The largest U.S. multicenter study of living kidney transplant donor chains showed that 46 percent of recipients are minorities, a finding that allays previous fears that these groups would be disadvantaged by expansion of the donor pool through this type of ...More

September 19, 2012

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Kidney Cancer Association Launches International Kidney Cancer Congress

NEW YORK—“We’re pleased to announce the formation of an international collaboration of cancer patient organizations aimed at speeding innovative treatments from the bench to the bedside,” said Bill Bro, CEO of the Kidney Cancer Association (KCA). ...More

September 17, 2012

Posted in News, Practice Management

Aging Kidneys May Hold Key to New High Blood Pressure Therapies

HOUSTON—Gaining new insight to managing sodium balance and blood pressure, investigators at the University of Houston (UH) College of Pharmacy believe their work may identify future therapeutic targets to control hypertension. ...More

August 30, 2012

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Statins May Protect Against Kidney Complications After Surgery

WASHINGTON—Taking a statin before having major elective surgery reduces potentially serious kidney complications, according to a study published online April 14 in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). ...More

April 14, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Shipping Kidneys for Transplants Is Safe

BALTIMORE—Kidney transplants using organs from live donors work just as well if the kidneys are shipped—be it across town or across the country—as when the donors and recipients are operated on at the same hospital, according to a study published online in the American ...More

January 14, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Healthy Blood Pressure May Help Some African Americans with Kidney Disease

Keeping blood pressure at a low level in African Americans with kidney disease may slow the progression of the condition in patients with proteinuria, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a national study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. ...More

October 14, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

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