Coronavirus destroys lungs. But doctors are finding its damage in kidneys, hearts and elsewhere.
A small but growing body of evidence suggests the virus invades other organs and tissues, causing heart arrhythmias, blood clots and renal failure. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news
Hantavirus Infection With Renal Failure and Proteinuria Hantavirus Infection With Renal Failure and Proteinuria
This report describes a case of hantavirus-associated acute renal failure and proteinuria. How was this case ultimately diagnosed?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Nigeria: Borno Initiates Research Grant to Curb Renal, Kidney Diseases
[Premium Times] The Borno State government has initiated a special fund to encourage research to control the high prevalence of renal failure and kidney diseases in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Protein Test May Predict Risk of Postop Acute Kidney Injury Protein Test May Predict Risk of Postop Acute Kidney Injury
Testing for a protein seen in people with chronic kidney problems can predict whether a patient is likely to develop acute renal failure after heart surgery, angiography or intensive care unit admission, researchers report in The New England Journal of Medicine.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
A patient from Mexico with vaping-associated lung injury, seizures and renal failure - Macias AE, Garcia FJ, Saldana SG.
For vaping, a liquid is heated to create an inhalable aerosol. ‘E-liquids’ may contain nicotine, glycerol, nitrosamines, aldehydes, metals, organic compounds, phenolic compounds, polycyclic hydrocarbons, flavorings, alkaloids, and drugs; some of th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Acute renal failure due to acute chromium poisoning after chromic acid burns - Zhu Q, Wang B, Ling B, Walline J, Tan D.
Chromic acid is an industrial metal acid widely used for electroplating in alloy and dye production. It can cause serious skin burn and, if absorbed, may lead to acute chromium poisoning. Such poisoning cases appear rarely in the literature [ 1 ]. We n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
A case report of acute renal failure caused by Amanita neoovoidea poisoning in Anhui Province, eastern China - Wang H, Wang Y, Shi FF, Zhang S, Fang WT, Qi LM, Wang N, Huang C, Fang HQ, Li HJ.
Amanita neoovoidea (genus Amanita Pers.) poisoning leads to acute renal failure. Here, we present seven case reports of acute renal failure with acute hepatic failure due to ingestion of A. neoovoidea. Clinical manifestations included gastrointestinal symp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Yellow fever – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
On 13 November 2019, the Venezuela International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) and the Venezuela PAHO/WHO Country Office shared information about a confirmed case of yellow fever in Bolivar State. The case-patient is a 46-year-old male resident of the municipality of Gran Sabana, Bolivar State. He was in the locality of Uriman municipality of Gran Sabana within the 19 days prior to the onset of symptoms. Symptom onset was on 14 September 2019, and included fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, epistaxis, petechiae, and diarrhoea. On 26 September 2019, he visited a public hospital in the municipality of Her...
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - November 21, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: news Source Type: news
Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.
2017 ended as a banner year for my family, but things didn’t look great at the start. A death sentence met us in a boxing ring, and we had to school ourselves on fighting to live. I never thought much about the 37 million American adults who suffer from kidney disease until my husband Neil became one of them.
Celebrating our first year of marriage in 2001, we learned by accident through an unrelated medical exam that my husband has polycystic kidney disease, an illness which causes the kidneys to fill with cysts over time, rendering the organs unable to function properly. There is no cure. There was nothing to do but...
Source: TIME: Health - November 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Emmott Tags: Uncategorized health Healthcare medicine public health Source Type: news
Patients at for-profit dialysis centers less likely to get kidney transplants
(Reuters Health) - The likelihood that U.S. patients with renal failure will get a kidney transplant is lower for those who get dialysis at for-profit dialysis centers, a new study shows. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Shockwave Gets a Little Pep in Its Step with Breakthrough Device Designation
The regulatory pathway for Shockwave Medical’s Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) technology just received a huge jolt from FDA. The agency granted the Santa Clara, CA-based company breakthrough device designation for the Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter.
The firm’s device is designed to fracture problematic calcium using sonic pressure to facilitate stent delivery, deployment, and optimal expansion, thereby improving blood flow to the heart muscle.
Shockwave’s technology is being evaluated in the DISRUPT CAD III, a prospective, non-randomiz...
Source: MDDI - September 4, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Cardiovascular Source Type: news
Another Breakthrough Designation for Concept Medical
Concept Medical’s MagicTouch AVF might have the “magic touch†when it comes down to nabbing breakthrough device designations. The proposed indication for the latest breakthrough device designation is for the treatment of stenotic lesions of Arteriovenous Fistulae or Arteriovenous graft in the hemodialysis treatment of renal failure.
Concept Medical said its first pilot study to investigate the safety and efficacy of Magic Touch PTA Sirolimus balloon was started in Singapore in 2018.
Led by Principal Investigator, Dr. Tan Chieh Suai, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors ...
Source: MDDI - September 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news
FDA grants Fast Track designation for Farxiga in chronic kidney disease
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the development of Farxiga (dapagliflozin) to delay the progression of renal failure and prevent cardiovascular (CV) and renal death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - August 27, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured AstraZeneca Business and Industry Source Type: news
Concept Medical Has the ‘MagicTouch’ to Treat PAD
Concept Medical just received a huge burst of speed in its quest to get its drug-coated balloon for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) commercially available in the U.S.
The Tampa, FL-based company has received breakthrough device designation from FDA for the MagicTouch PTA, a Sirolimus drug-coated balloon (DCB) catheter, for the treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) in Below-the-Knee (BTK).
So far, Concept Medical said MagicTouch has been performing extremely well. In the XTOSI pilot study, the majority of patients enrolled had major comorbidities (diabetes and end-stage renal failure) and the indicat...
Source: MDDI - August 14, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news
Trump Executive Order Gives Hope To Patients Waiting For Kidney Transplant
GRAFTON (CBS) – President Donald Trump singed an executive order Wednesday, revamping the whole approach to treating kidney disease in this country. And a 19-year-old from Grafton is among the 30 million Americans who could benefit.
“I just try to keep busy,” said Samantha Cleveland, “so I don’t focus on why I feel so terrible.”
Samantha still battles through chronic fatigue to ride her horse, but is well aware that thousands of people die every year waiting for a kidney.
“I try not to think about it,” she said, “because right now I’m doing OK.”
Samantha Cleveland (WBZ-TV)
But after losing one kid...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated Local Donald Trump Grafton News Ken MacLeod kidney donor Source Type: news
