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Renal Nursing Career
Each year more Americans are being diagnosed with some type of kidney disease and the nephrology aspect of nursing is and has been a growing …
Dialysis Jobs
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is an expected 22 percent increase in nurse employment over the 2008 to 2018 decade. This rate …
Kidney Stone Mystery Solved
Now, new research by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence to explain why some people are more prone to …
Summer Travel and Dialysis
For many patients who are on dialysis or have had a kidney transplant, the ability to travel is important to their self-esteem and lifestyle. Working …
Study Finds High Uric Acid Raises CKD Risk
High levels of uric acid are associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially among hypertensive individuals, according to data presented at …
Should Women Be Back On The Research Agenda?
Some suggest women should be back on the research agenda Should a nephrologist start an osteoporotic post-menopausal transplant patient on hormone replacement therapy? What is …
Intravenous kidney cell transplant experiments raise hope for future human kidney failure treatments
Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have successfully transplanted primary kidney cells intravenously to treat renal failure in rats, pointing the way to a possible …
Living Kidney Donors Solicited Through Facebook
Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook. …
UK Man Forced to have Dialysis
Doctors have been given the power by a court to force a man dying of kidney failure to have dialysis against his will. The man, …
