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News: May 28, 2012
Role of Screening, Monitoring in Early Kidney Disease Unclear
TUESDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- At least one in 10 U.S. adults is estimated to have chronic kidney disease, but whether screening and monitoring people in the earlier stages of the disease provides a benefit just isn't clear, a new review of...
Intensive Control of Type 1 Diabetes Helps Kidneys: Study
SATURDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People with type 1 diabetes who maintain tighter control of their blood sugar levels help protect their kidneys from long-term damage, finds a new study. Those treated early with more intensive diabetes manage...
Drop Seen in Rate of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Diabetics
THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of new cases of end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis among Americans diagnosed with diabetes fell 35 percent between 1996 and 2007, a new study has found. The age-adjusted rate of end-stage kid...
Diabetics Less Prone Now to End-Stage Kidney Disease
TUESDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of end-stage kidney disease, one of the most serious complications of diabetes, rose steadily in people with diabetes for decades. But, in 1996, the rate of diabetes-related end-stage kidney disea...
Acute Kidney Failure Often Ends With Dialysis
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Kidney dialysis patients discharged from acute care hospitals and admitted to long-term care hospitals for recovery have a high rate of readmission to acute care facilities, U.S. researchers have found. The n...
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