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Grant to Develop Wearable Device for Hemodialysis Patients

NEW YORK—Vizio Medical Devices LLC, Infoscitex Corporation (IST), and Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science jointly announced today the receipt of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance development of Vizio’s ...More
March 6, 2012
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
January 27, 2012
Posted in News
AKF President Named to NIH Council of Councils

WASHINGTON—American Kidney Fund (AKF) President and CEO LaVarne Burton was one of seven new appointments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils. ...More
December 21, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Transplant Recipients Have High Cancer Risk

WASHINGTON—Organ transplant recipients in the United States have a high risk of developing 32 different types of cancer, according to a study published in the Nov. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. ...More
November 2, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Study Finds Way for White Fat to Burn Energy

WASHINGTON—National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have uncovered a pathway in mice that allows white fat—a contributor to obesity and type 2 diabetes—to burn calories in a way that’s normally found in brown fat and muscle, according to a study in the July 6 edition ...More
July 5, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Study: 19% of Young Adults Have High Blood Pressure

WASHINGTON—Approximately 19 percent of young adults may have high blood pressure, according to an analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), which is supported by the National Institutes of Health. ...More
May 26, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
NIH Finds Genetic Clues to Kidney Disease

WASHINGTON—Researchers have found five regions in the human genome that increase susceptibility to immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, a major cause of kidney failure worldwide—systematically identifying those that point to a tendency for IgA nephropathy, or a protection ...More
April 4, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
NIH Has Plan to Combat Diabetes

WASHINGTON—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new strategic plan to guide diabetes-related research over the next decade. ...More
March 21, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
ASN Opposes House Cuts to NIH Funding

Disagreement is expected with opposing parties in power in Washington D.C., but given the long recession and desire to rein in the deficit the fight over the 2011 national budget could become particularly heated. And this could have an impact on medical research funding. ...More
February 16, 2011
Posted in Blog, Business, Government & Regulation
NIH Study Identifies Ideal BMI

WASHINGTON—A study looking at deaths from any cause found that a body mass index (BMI) between 20.0 and 24.9 is associated with the lowest risk of death in healthy non-smoking adults. ...More
December 7, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma