Friday, 23 July 2010- Large variations exist in access to kidney transplants for patients in the UK, which cannot be explained by case mix (differences in a patient's condition), according to a new study published on an online...

Monday, 19 July 2010- Some Indoasian (IA) patients with established renal failure travel abroad for commercial kidney transplantation. A group of researchers compared the one-year outcomes of IA patients from one UK region who...

Tuesday, 7 July 2010- Caucasians with CKD have a significantly lower rate of renal function decline than Oriental Asians (OA) and South Asians (SA) with CKD, a new analysis revealed. The study, however, also showed that...

Monday, 5 July 2010- M. Knox and colleagues conducted a study to evaluate multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) with a triple-bolus contrast administration protocol for preoperative anatomical and functional assessment of...

Thursday, 1 July 2010- Only a small fraction of transplant centres in the US are willing to accept and transplant deceased-donor kidneys that they perceive as less than perfect, leading to lengthy, organ-damaging delays as...

Thursday, 1 July 2010- Early initiation of dialysis in patients with stage V chronic kidney disease (CKD) does not improve survival or decrease cardiovascular events, according to a report published online 27 June in the New...

Thursday, 1 July 2010- Allopurinol, a drug long used to treat gout, can cause regression of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and endothelial dysfunction in CKD patients, a study found.

The study is the first to show that...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010- People with type 1 diabetes who have early and asymptomatic kidney damage, as indicated by small amounts of protein in the urine, are six times more likely to die compared to the general population, say...

Thursday, 24 June 2010- People who donate one of their kidneys experience faster deterioration of their other kidney if they have the metabolic syndrome at the time of donation, according to a new study presented at The Endocrine...

Thursday, 18 June 2010- Cytochroma today announced the publication of new data from studies in a preclinical model indicating that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with markedly increased expression of the vitamin D...