Tag: dialysis
Spironolactone improves heart failure fluid overload
Spironolactone improves heart failure fluid overload in patients not responding to conventional diuretics
Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need...
BHU study shows herbal treatment works in kidney disease
Study shows herbs may offer treatment options for kidney diseases
Dialysis is a way of life for many patients suffering with kidney ailments in the...
Novel drug lowers serum phosphate in hemodialysis patients
A novel drug called tenapanor reduces serum phosphate level in hemodialysis patients
An investigational drug that blocks intestinal phosphate absorption may help reduce the dangerously...
Is kidney failure a male disease? Overwhelmingly so, shows data
New analysis of patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplant shows men are far more likely than women to get kidney failure
Our kidneys filter out...
Treating patients on dialysis for depression improves quality of life
Treatment of depression in dialysis patients with either the drug sertraline or counselling improves quality of life
Hemodialysis has extended lives of people with chronic...
Like liver, blocked kidneys can regenerate themselves too
The new finding could help scientists regrow damaged kidneys
Blocked kidneys in newborns have a remarkable ability to repair themselves after the obstruction is removed....
Fruits and vegetables lower risk of early death in dialysis patients
Dialysis patients live longer if they eat more fruits and vegetables, shows a new study
Consumption of 10 servings of fruits and vegetables per week...
Donors with acute kidney injury can donate organs too
A national study chaired by a Johns Hopkins kidney specialist shows AKI patients are eligible donorsOrgan procurement teams are sometimes leery of accepting kidneys...
Shashi Kapoor was on dialysis, many Indians with chronic kidney disease...
The death of yesteryear Bollywood charmer Shashi Kapoor a couple of days ago was a grim reminder of how a large number of Indians...
