St. Jude Study Offers New Hope For Children With Kidney Tumors Deemed Inoperable
Transplant Societies Protest FDA Policy In American Journal Of Transplantation
LifeCycle Pharma Announces Positive Top-Line Results Of Phase II Clinical Trial Of LCP-Tacro In Stable Kidney Transplant Patients
PLC Systems Receives FDA Approval To Commence Pivotal Study Of RenalGuard(TM) In The U.S.
Novel Discovery By Einstein Scientists Could Lead To Much-Needed Treatment For Kidney Failure
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Avera Medical Minute: National Kidney Month
The rate of kidney disease has jumped significantly in this county since the Mid-1990's. Up 30%, an estimated 26 million people are living with chronic kidney disease. Since it's National Kidney Month, we talked to a Northwest Iowa woman who is living proof that living donors can make a world of difference.
Five years after Carol Boote from Hull, Iowa got the gift of life, the staff at Avera North Central Kidney Institute say she is the poster child for kidney transplants.
Nephrologist Dr. Tina Melanson says, "She has a wonderful life. So much better than the quality of life she would have on dialysis. And transplant for anyone, including Carol, offers a reasonable life expectancy, a normal life expectancy that would not be achievable on dialysis."
Carol was born with polycystic kidney disease, but doctors didn't discover it until she was treated for a kidney stone and that's when they noticed her kidney's were growing abnormally.
Carol says, "I was just this normal person who had kidney disease. It's hereditary but no one in my family had it. I didn't have diabetes, I was never on dialysis. I was lucky that way. They were able to track it for 15 years and before I needed a transplant."
When the time came, she says any one of her family members would have given her a kidney, but it was her sister she had an unspoken agreement with. She gladly gave up hers.
Carol says, "My sister Carla and I are only 15 months apart and all through our lives we've been like this (she holds up her index finger next to her middle finger). We were together all the time. If she was going out on the boat for the weekend I would joke with her to be careful. I might need that kidney today. "
Now part of Carla is always with Carol and Carol says she feels a million times better.
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Five years after Carol Boote from Hull, Iowa got the gift of life, the staff at Avera North Central Kidney Institute say she is the poster child for kidney transplants.
Nephrologist Dr. Tina Melanson says, "She has a wonderful life. So much better than the quality of life she would have on dialysis. And transplant for anyone, including Carol, offers a reasonable life expectancy, a normal life expectancy that would not be achievable on dialysis."
Carol was born with polycystic kidney disease, but doctors didn't discover it until she was treated for a kidney stone and that's when they noticed her kidney's were growing abnormally.
Carol says, "I was just this normal person who had kidney disease. It's hereditary but no one in my family had it. I didn't have diabetes, I was never on dialysis. I was lucky that way. They were able to track it for 15 years and before I needed a transplant."
When the time came, she says any one of her family members would have given her a kidney, but it was her sister she had an unspoken agreement with. She gladly gave up hers.
Carol says, "My sister Carla and I are only 15 months apart and all through our lives we've been like this (she holds up her index finger next to her middle finger). We were together all the time. If she was going out on the boat for the weekend I would joke with her to be careful. I might need that kidney today. "
Now part of Carla is always with Carol and Carol says she feels a million times better.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Kidney Headlines PKD Blog
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Commences Phase I Human Clinical Trial For The Prevention Of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Analysis Of A Computer Based Simulator As An Educational Tool For Cystoscopy: Subjective And Objective Results
Beyond The Abstract: Reliability Of The 24 H Sensation Related Bladder Diary In Women With Urinary Incontinence
Laboratory And Clinical Development Of Single Keyhole Umbilical Nephrectomy
Followup Of Patients With Interstitial Cystitis Responsive To Treatment With Intravesical Bacillus Calmette Guerin Or Placebo
Fresenius Medical Care Offers Tips For National Kidney Month
Bacteria May Reduce Risk For Kidney Stones
Risk Of Death From Acute Kidney Failure Reduced By 'Renal Assist Device'
Chronic Kidney Disease - Europe's Silent Epidemic
New Awareness And Prevention Series For Community Health Events Released By NIDDK
American Association Of Kidney Recognizes March As Kidney Disease Awareness Month
Kidney Stone Research To Be Aided By Mouse Model
SCORED Screening Test Accurately And Efficiently Identifies Individuals With Silent Chronic Kidney Disease
Transplantation Boosts Survival Rates For Young Kidney Failure Patients, Canada
LifeCycle Pharma Announces Positive Top-Line Results Of Phase II Clinical Trial Of LCP-Tacro In Stable Kidney Transplant Patients
Race, Insurance Status Affect Access To Transplantation And Kidney Disease Treatment
Analysis Of A Computer Based Simulator As An Educational Tool For Cystoscopy: Subjective And Objective Results
Beyond The Abstract: Reliability Of The 24 H Sensation Related Bladder Diary In Women With Urinary Incontinence
Laboratory And Clinical Development Of Single Keyhole Umbilical Nephrectomy
Followup Of Patients With Interstitial Cystitis Responsive To Treatment With Intravesical Bacillus Calmette Guerin Or Placebo
Fresenius Medical Care Offers Tips For National Kidney Month
Bacteria May Reduce Risk For Kidney Stones
Risk Of Death From Acute Kidney Failure Reduced By 'Renal Assist Device'
Chronic Kidney Disease - Europe's Silent Epidemic
New Awareness And Prevention Series For Community Health Events Released By NIDDK
American Association Of Kidney Recognizes March As Kidney Disease Awareness Month
Kidney Stone Research To Be Aided By Mouse Model
SCORED Screening Test Accurately And Efficiently Identifies Individuals With Silent Chronic Kidney Disease
Transplantation Boosts Survival Rates For Young Kidney Failure Patients, Canada
LifeCycle Pharma Announces Positive Top-Line Results Of Phase II Clinical Trial Of LCP-Tacro In Stable Kidney Transplant Patients
Race, Insurance Status Affect Access To Transplantation And Kidney Disease Treatment
World Kidney Day is Coming
How Are Your Kidneys Doing?
You know when you have a headache, sore throat, a cold or the flu. But would you know if your kidneys weren't working? High blood pressure and diabetes can damage your kidneys without any warning. If you're one of the millions of Americans who has chronic kidney disease and doesn't know it, March 13 or World Kidney Day, may be the day that saved your life. Check out your kidneys with a free screening and take the kidney quiz to learn more.
NKF
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Don’t Take Kidney Health for Granted
Learn about Amazing Life-Sustaining Kidneys this March
In a popular 1970 song, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell asked, “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”—a question that could have been aimed at people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The kidneys play a crucial role in maintaining overall health but are rarely appreciated until they become damaged and can no longer do their jobs.
Unless Americans start doing more to protect kidney health, untold millions could soon be singing the same sad song. Recent studies indicate that 26 million adults suffer from CKD and that this number is likely to increase in the future. To raise awareness during National Kidney Month (March, 2008) and to mark World Kidney Day (March 13), the National Kidney Foundation offers a list of 10 key functions healthy kidneys perform.
For more information, click here .
NKF
You know when you have a headache, sore throat, a cold or the flu. But would you know if your kidneys weren't working? High blood pressure and diabetes can damage your kidneys without any warning. If you're one of the millions of Americans who has chronic kidney disease and doesn't know it, March 13 or World Kidney Day, may be the day that saved your life. Check out your kidneys with a free screening and take the kidney quiz to learn more.
NKF
_______________________________________
Don’t Take Kidney Health for Granted
Learn about Amazing Life-Sustaining Kidneys this March
In a popular 1970 song, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell asked, “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”—a question that could have been aimed at people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The kidneys play a crucial role in maintaining overall health but are rarely appreciated until they become damaged and can no longer do their jobs.
Unless Americans start doing more to protect kidney health, untold millions could soon be singing the same sad song. Recent studies indicate that 26 million adults suffer from CKD and that this number is likely to increase in the future. To raise awareness during National Kidney Month (March, 2008) and to mark World Kidney Day (March 13), the National Kidney Foundation offers a list of 10 key functions healthy kidneys perform.
For more information, click here .
NKF
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