Kidney
Kidney ailments may rise along with blood pressure
April 01, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Flomax for Kidney Stones: Can it be Used by Women?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...Can Flomax be prescribed to a female to help pass kidney stones? I am a female patient who has... Read more »
Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert......This effect occurs throughout the entire spectrum of kidney failure ranging from those with... Read more »
TNF-alpha inhibitors may prevent kidney cysts
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...hope to people with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). ADPKD is a... Read more »
How to Protect Your Kidneys
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...following a strict set of guidelines can help protect kidney function in people with diabetes... Read more »
Could Metformin Actually Protect the Kidneys?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...drug metformin is not recommended for people with kidney disease. For this reason, some people... Read more »
Health Guide
Kidney disease
Prevention Read more »Topamax (topiramate) and Higher Risk for Kidney Stones
...Southwestern) have completed a study showing that Topamax can increase the propensity for calcium phosphate kidney stones. Although there has been anecdotal evidence of this potential side effect... Read more »Polycystic kidney disease
...polycystic kidney disease; ADPKD Prevention Read more »Kidney disease
Signs and tests Read more »Kidney function tests
Normal Values What abnormal results mean Read more »Images
Medications
...diseases. It is used to treat a certain type of kidney disease in children after other... Read more »
...pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces... Read more »
...pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication also reduces... Read more »
...pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. ... Read more »
...pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes. It ... Read more »
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Kidney Transplant Saves the Brain
November 13, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common procedure could stop the cognitive impairment often seen in patients with chronic kidney disease. Researchers report... Read summary »
Transplant Lengthens Lives of Diabetics With Kidney Disease
May 25, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 1 diabetics in need of a kidney transplant may increase their long-term survival rate with a simultaneous pancreas-kidney... Read summary »
Saving Organs, Saving Lives
October 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When a patient is treated for kidney cancer, surgeons remove the affected kidney as part of treatment. However, new research... Read summary »
Freeze Away Kidney Tumors
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