According to a story from Physician's Weekly, while measuring the concentration of albumin (albuminuria) is widely considered the standard method for staging and screening for chronic kidney disease, a different…
According to a recent article in EurekaAlert, researchers at the University of Boston recently published their new study investigating ROBO2. The ROBO2 signaling pathway has emerged as a therapeutic…
According to a story from Physician's Weekly, a recent study has concluded that the drug allopurinol is not capable of slowing down the progression of chronic kidney disease. The research,…
This morning, SynAct Pharma AB announced in a press release that they began a Phase II clinical trial to determine the efficacy and safety of AP1189 on treating patients with…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company Dicerna Therapeutics, Inc. has announced recently that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation to…
The virtually-held National Kidney Foundation 2020 Spring Clinical Meetings explored various topics relating to nephrological conditions, treatment, and patient outcomes. One presentation, spearheaded by Dr. Adam Weinstein, MD, and…
Ocala Fire Rescue Department (OFD) has just launched a "community paramedicine program." The primary aim of this new program is to help keep patients who frequently call 911 out of…
According to a news release from Biospace, recent data from the KALM-2 Phase III trial highlighted how Korsuva, an injectable, is beneficial in treating severe itching associated with severe chronic…
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is very difficult for people to visit their doctors. For some, this is not the biggest deal; they can stand to miss an…
According to a report by ABC News, Virtua Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in New Jersey, claimed to have a forty-year history of organ transplant completions. Nonetheless, a…
Researchers find stents, surgery provide higher quality of life for those with chest pain. Invasive procedures such as bypass surgery and stenting—commonly used to treat blocked arteries—are no better at…
On March 24th, 2020, Patient Worthy released a story announcing the formation of a Coronavirus Emergency fund by the American Kidney Fund (AKF). The goal of this fund is to…
The American Kidney Fund (AKF) has recently announced the formation of a Coronavirus Emergency Fund intended to support low income dialysis and transplant patients who may face unanticipated financial challenges…
According to a story from Healio, chronic kidney disease and diabetes are closely related. Kidney disease is unfortunately a frequent complication of both type 1 and 2 diabetes. In the…
According to a story from Healio, researchers are hard at work determining who could be at the greatest risk from infection with COVID-19/coronavirus. So far, the elderly, people with heart…
According to a story from Yahoo Finance, the biopharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt recently released findings from an open label pilot study which tested the impact of Acthar Gel (corticotropin injection) as…
In a study published recently in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, a team of researchers identified distinct variations in the neuroanatomical and neuropsychiatric phenotypes of cystinosis patients. Phenotype refers to visible,…
According to a story from docwirenews.com, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is going to be significantly impacted in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially as the disease progresses. Biomarkers…
Over 200,000 people in the United States are affected by acute kidney injury (AKI) every year, with an additional 13 million people across the world also experiencing it. Acute kidney…
According to a story from Globe Newswire, the biopharmaceutical company Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the results of a phase 3 clinical trial that was testing its experimental product candidate…
Teamwork prescribed to tackle major demographic trends in vascular disease 13th November 2019 207 Marc Bonaca addresses delegates at VIVA 2019 “Caring for vascular patients is going to take a…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, farm workers from across the world are experiencing increased rates of chronic kidney disease. The precise reason for the increased rates are unknown, but…
When people think of the effects of climate change, it is usually about how it affects our external world, causing storms, floods, heat, and rapidly changing and more severe climates.…
Here's a shocking fact for you- individuals don't always conform to averages. Despite this, we use averages as an analysis for so many things. As it documents the majority, its…
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It's common knowledge among researchers who study diseases called toxic proteinopathies that this group of disorders are the result of misfolded proteins that reside in cells. Certain proteins fail to…
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