What System Is The Kidney In
Health Encyclopedia: Kidney Function Tests
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 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...hope to people with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). ADPKD is a... Read more »
Health Guide
Kidney function tests
What the risks are Special considerations Read more »Blood in Urine: Causes and Treatments
...are the next step and will usually discover the cause. In adult women, infection of the bladder or kidneys, urinary stones, and tumors of the urinary bladder, kidneys are the most common... Read more »Kidney disease
Prevention Read more »Renal biopsy
...Alternative Names Kidney biopsy; Biopsy - kidney Read more »Renal
The term "renal" refers to the kidney. For example, renal failure means kidney failure. Related topics: Kidney disease Kidney disease - diet ... 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 »
Related News
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 »
Pass the Peas to Lower BP
March 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A protein found in common garden peas could be the key to saving the lives of millions of people who suffer from high blood... Read summary »
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 »
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