Tolvaptan and Kidney Function Decline in ADPKD Patients Tolvaptan and Kidney Function Decline in ADPKD Patients
Dr Bansal reviews several studies on the effects of tolvaptan in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. What do the recent trials tell us?Medscape Nephrology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Viewpoint Source Type: news
NJ boy gets transplant after living without kidneys
Ismael Rodriguez-Reyes, 7, was born with polycystic kidney disease, which caused the kidneys to overgrow and form cysts. After finally getting new organs he hopes to return home to New Jersey. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boy, 7, gets transplant after living without kidneys
Ismael Rodriguez-Reyes, 7, was born with polycystic kidney disease, which caused the kidneys to overgrow and form cysts. After finally getting new organs he hopes to return home to New Jersey. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New findings on tolvaptan as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease treatment
(Mayo Clinic) A phase 3 trial studying the effects of tolvaptan has found that the drug slowed the rate of decline in kidney function in patients with the most common form of polycystic kidney disease, a condition with no cure. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Vicente Torres, M.D., Ph.D., discusses new findings on tolvaptan as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease treatment
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? A phase 3 trial studying the effects of tolvaptan has found that the drug slowed the rate of decline in kidney function in patients with the most common form of polycystic kidney disease, a condition with no cure. The results are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Autosomal dominant [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - November 4, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Leukemia Drug Bosutinib Shows Promise for Inherited Kidney Disease Leukemia Drug Bosutinib Shows Promise for Inherited Kidney Disease
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor bosutinib, approved for chronic myeloid leukemia, reduced kidney growth rate in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in a phase 2 study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - August 31, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Green mamba venom could treat kidney disease
A peptide in green mamba venom can reduce the severity of a genetic disorder called polycystic kidney disease (PKD), researchers from France, Belgium and Germany have found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biochemical pathways of kidney disease revealed
Researchers have developed an innovative fruit fly-based model of the types of harmful cysts that can form on kidneys. The model has enormous potential for assisting the study of how cells proliferate in polycystic kidney disease and cancer. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 2, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Revealed: The biochemical pathways of kidney disease
(Concordia University) In a study, recently published in PLOS Genetics, Chiara Gamberi and her coauthors developed an innovative fruit fly-based model of the types of harmful cysts that can form on kidneys. The model has enormous potential for assisting the study of how cells proliferate in polycystic kidney disease and cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 2, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
GI Manifestations of Autosomal-Dominant PKD GI Manifestations of Autosomal-Dominant PKD
Gastrointestinal manifestations play a significant role in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease, particularly in older patients. Review the effects on the digestive system in this article.Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 24, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news
Researchers develop potential treatment for fatal kidney disease
Researchers have developed a potential drug to treat polycystic kidney disease -- an incurable genetic disease that often leads to end-stage kidney failure. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 16, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mother's anguish
Mandy Littlewood has polycystic kidney disease and needed an organ transplant. Two of her children also have the condition. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Welsh man's kidneys swell up after being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease
Rob Thomas, 44, from Pembroke Dock, Wales, was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease - an illness which causes cysts to develop in the organs - six years ago (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Polycystic Kidney Disease Tied to Increased Risk for Kidney, Gastric Cancers (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Andr é Sofair, MD, MPH
Adults with polycystic kidneys may have increased risk for multiple cancers, regardless of kidney function, suggests a Lancet Oncology study.Using a Taiwanese health insurance database, researchers … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 21, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Donate a Kidney Now; Get a Voucher for One Later
Howard Broadman, a lawyer and retired judge from California, knows his grandson, Quinn, will probably one day require a kidney transplant.
By the time Quinn needs his help, however, Broadman said he may be dead or too old to donate a healthy organ.
"I approached UCLA and asked, 'Why don't I give a kidney to someone who needs it now, then get a voucher for my grandson to use when he needs a transplant in the future?' And that's just what we did," Broadman said in a statement.
How the program works
Broadman worked with Dr. Jeffrey Veale, a transplant surgeon who helped initiate the program at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medic...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
