Mystery kidney disease decimates Central America sugarcane workersNBCNews.com (blog)In El Salvador and Nicaragua alone, the number of men dying from the excruciatingly painful disease has risen five-fold in the last two decades. High rates of CKD also …
Cytori Therapeutics announces initiation of cell therapy heart failure trialEquities.com"Patients with refractory heart failure have no options except for heart transplant, for which there are few hearts available," said Dr Timothy Henry, dir…
Childhood asthma may pass on to many generationsTimes of IndiaAn Indian origin scientist was recently awarded a two-year, 377,220-dollar grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to conduct a st…
Farmers protest chronic kidney diseaseThe Sunday Times Sri LankaA protest voiced against the import of chemical fertilizer was held today by farmers along with the representatives of Kidney Patients in the North Central Province was held today in front…
Recipient, donor recover after liver transplant surgerySGGP… transplant surgery. After three days of the first adult liver transplant surgery in Ho Chi Minh City, both recipient and donor have made good recovery, said Dr. Pham Thi Ngoc Thao, deputy d…
Health Matters: The failing heart, congestive heart failureNBC2 News"The onset of congestive heart failure can sneak up on one. Often unexplained weight gain accompanied by shortness of breath is the thing that tips you off that it's early con…
One in four individuals in Orangeburg County and one in three people in Bamberg and Calhoun counties have kidney disease, a statistic the organizer of an upcoming walk says makes it all the more needed in raising awareness and research funds.
Modest diet, exercise help weight lossTimes of IndiaThe study was funded and conducted by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. NIDDK senior investigator Kevin Hall, Ph.D., …
High statins dose best to lower cholesterolTimes of India"Statins are proven medications that can reduce heart attacks and strokes by about 30 percent in the patients that need them," said Matt Ito, study author and professor of pharmacy prac…
The math never made any sense to Crystal Perkins. Medicare paid more than $100,000 for her kidney transplant and for three years covered the bulk of the $2,400-a-month drug that kept her body from rejecting the organ.