Systemic Inflammation Increases Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 -- Systemic inflammation is associated with an elevated risk for chronic kidney disease, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in Frontiers in Immunology.
Xiaoxin Liu, from Tongji Medical College at the Huazhong... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
'I'm a doctor - these are the three most common red flag symptoms of hidden kidney cancer'
Kidney cancer claims around 13,300 new victims in the UK every year, that's 36 newly diagnosed patients every day. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chronic kidney disease duration and suicide risk among maintenance hemodialysis patients in China - Wang X, Hao X, Ma M, Jiang W, Li B, Xu Y, Sun P.
BACKGROUND: Our aim was to investigate the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) duration and suicide risk among maintenance hemodialysis patients in China. METHODS: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who received MHD were enr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
RSNA calls out toxicity concerns with theranostics
While recent evidence suggests that theranostic agents may be more effective when used earlier for prostate cancer patients, experts recommend proceeding conservatively with theranostic treatments until more is known about dose limits, according to an article published March 21 by the RSNA.
Data from theranostics is starting to focus on radiation dosimetry and dose limits in relation to kidney and other organ damage, said Nadine Mallak, MD, associate professor of body imaging and nuclear medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
The article points out that compared with external beam radiation therapy...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
CT shows effects of sarcopenia on liver cancer survival
CT has revealed that sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for poor overall survival after liver resection for cancer, researchers have reported.
Five-year overall survival was significantly lower in sarcopenic patients than in those without the condition, at 58.2% and 83.6%, respectively, a team led by Thanatchawan Polvieng, MD, of Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, reported. The results were published March 22 in American Surgeon.
"Major postoperative complications were more frequent in sarcopenia," the group noted.
Polvieng and colleagues conducted a study that explored the prognostic impact of sarcopenia (i....
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: CT Abdominal Imaging Source Type: news
US surgeons transplant a gene-edited pig kidney into a patient for the first time
Doctors in Boston say they have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Chinese patient receives first successful pig-to-human liver transplant
Semafor Signals Supported by The News Scientists have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a human for the first time Chinese researchers inserted the liver, which was taken from a pig that had been genetically edited to remove proteins that can cause organ rejection,…#newsscientists #wechat #newyorkuniversity #kathyguillermo #nature #scmp (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CKD Leaders Network Publishes New Thought Piece in Journal of Clinical Medicine
NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of National Kidney Month, CKD Leaders Network, a Kinetix Group Network of Excellence dedicated to defining and spreading a best practice model for population health-driven chronic kidney disease (CKD) management, announced its new... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Regulus Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2023 Financial Results and Recent Updates
Positive topline data from the second cohort of patients in Phase 1b Multiple-Ascending Dose (MAD) Clinical Trial of RGLS8429 for the Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) Oversubscribed $100 million private placement; expected to extend cash runway into H1... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: ERN Source Type: news
A Man Has Received the First Pig-Kidney Transplant
The first reported person in the world has received a genetically modified pig kidney. A transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully performed the groundbreaking, four-hour procedure on Richard Slayman, a 62-year-old manager at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, on March 16. His doctors report he is doing well and expect him to leave the hospital soon.
The surgery was the culmination of years of work transplanting kidneys from a specially bred group of pigs—which had been genetically modified to more closely resemble those of humans—into primates. Encouraged by those result...
Source: TIME: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
62-year-old receives gene-edited pig kidney in milestone transplant surgery
The advance gives hope to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who depend on dialysis machines to do the work of their failing kidneys. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Johnson Source Type: news
Siemens Healthineers' Ciartic Move gets FDA clearance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Siemens Healthineers' Ciartic Move, a mobile C-arm with self-driving capabilities.
The company said the system standardizes 2D fluoroscopic and 3D cone-beam CT imaging for surgeons and operating room teams in hospitals and outpatient facilities. Ciartic Move is designed to address the needs of orthopedic, trauma, and spine surgery. It can be used in thoracic, vascular, cardiovascular, and general surgery, as well as urology and interventional pulmonology.Ciartic Move. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
The system is fully motorized from the C-arm down to its wh...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Man, 62, in Boston is given a PIG'S kidney just days after Chinese doctors transplanted liver from hog into 50-year-old patient, in double medical breakthrough
In Boston, a 62-year-old man received a genetially-altered kidney from a pig. And in China, a 50-year-old man had a liver transplanted into his body for ten days. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pioneering pig-to-human kidney transplant performed in U.S.
A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announces. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
