The Kidneys
Health Encyclopedia: Kidney Disease
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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 ExpertChronic kidney disease in itself has been found to be an independent predictor for the development... Read more »
TNF-alpha inhibitors may prevent kidney cysts
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...affects about 1 in 800 people. The disease causes the kidneys to develop cysts and since there... Read more »
How to Protect Your Kidneys
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...these two classes work about the same to protect the kidneys. Use of a modified meal plan,... Read more »
Could Metformin Actually Protect the Kidneys?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...evidence suggests that metformin might actually protect the kidneys. For many people with... Read more »
Health Guide
Kidney removal
...your blood pressure and electrolytes and fluid balance. These body functions are controlled in part by the kidneys. You will most likely have a urinary catheter (tube to drain urine) in place for... 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 »Polycystic kidney disease
Cysts - kidneys; Kidney - polycystic; Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; ADPKD Treatment Currently, no treatment can prevent the cysts... Read more »Kidney disease
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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 »
...blood pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes.... Read more »
...blood pressure (hypertension) and to help protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes.... Read more »
Related News
Genes Predict Kidney Disease?
May 18, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- A new study reveals three genes that contain common mutations may put some people at a higher risk for kidney disease. More than... Read summary »
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 »
Freeze Away Kidney Tumors
December 15, 2006ROCHESTER, Minn. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Milt Sorenson doesn't get excited about much. He's been retired for 16 years and enjoys the simple... 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 »
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