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Doctor Donates Kidney To Save Fellow Doctor's Life
By Anne Collins | Feb 28, 2017 08:50 AM ESTIt’s not unusual for a surgeon to save another doctor’s life. Dr. Colleen Coleman did so by going under the knife to help an ailing colleague who desperately needed a kidney.
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Kidney Disease Patients are Living Longer, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Jan 19, 2016 09:32 AM ESTKidney disease patients have better survival odds, a USRDS report found.
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Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Benefit Greatly from Exercise
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 14, 2014 05:13 PM ESTTwo new studies found that chronic kidney disease patients can benefit greatly from exercise.
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Dialysis Patients Unprepared for Emergencies
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 13, 2014 10:58 AM ESTTwo new studies found that dialysis patients are unprepared during emergencies and disasters.
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Exercise Improves Physical And Mental Health Among Dialysis Patients
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 03, 2014 09:09 AM EDTAerobic physical activity is strongly associated with better health-related quality of life, fewer depressive symptoms and prolonged life in kidney failure patients on dialysis, according to a new study.
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Drug Used to Treat Kidneys Post Cardiac Surgery did not Lower Risk of Dialysis
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 29, 2014 10:05 AM EDTAccording to a new study, the drug used to treat kidneys was not any more effective than a placebo in reducing a patient's need for a dialysis post cardiac surgery.
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Depression, Pain Especially Harmful for Kidney Patients
By Christine Hsu | Jul 31, 2014 05:30 PM EDTDepression and pain is especially harmful for dialysis patients, according to a new study. New research reveals that feeling down or in pain could seriously affect the health of kidney patients and raise the need for costly medical services.
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Kidney Dialysis Machine for Newborns Works, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | May 23, 2014 02:07 PM EDTA new study reported that the kidney dialysis machine created for infants worked effectively in a few cases.
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Certain Dialysis Machines More Toxic for Kidney Patients
By Christine Hsu | Nov 07, 2013 04:57 PM ESTA new study reveals that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in some parts of dialysis machines may be toxic to the immune cells circulating in kidney failure patients' blood.
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Higher Physician Caseload LInked With Earlier Deaths Among Kidney Patients
By Christine Hsu | Aug 08, 2013 05:09 PM EDTDialysis patients may live longer if their kidney specialist takes on fewer patients, according to a new study.
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For Mother's Day, Two Families Find that a Kidney Is the Gift that Keeps On Giving
By Makini Brice | May 13, 2013 12:59 PM EDTMother’s Day is a time to celebrate mothers, generally with cards, flowers and chocolates.
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High Potency Statins Linked to Increased Risk of Kidney Damage
By Makini Brice | Mar 21, 2013 01:11 PM EDTStatins are some of the most widely prescribed drugs in the western world.
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National Kidney Month: Students' Parents Gift Teacher with Kidney
By Makini Brice | Mar 04, 2013 11:58 AM ESTKidney disease is the ninth leading cause of death for Americans, affecting 26 million adults.
