Tags: Kidney failure

Woman Receives Pig Kidney Transplant, Heart Device Implant in First-of-Its-Kind Life-Saving Operation To Help Her With Her Two Terminal Diseases

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.24.2024 22:23 PM

The woman is the second person in the world to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant. Read to learn more.

Last Asiatic Cheetah Cub in Iran Dies From Kidney Failure, Highlighting the Population Decline of the Species

02.28.2023 07:52 AM

In 2021, two Asiatic cheetah cubs were born but now they have all succumbed to death after the last one died from acute kidney failure. Read the article to learn more about these critically endangered species.

First Prototype Bioartificial Kidney Successful: Man-Made Organ May Solve Medical Problems, Giving Hope to Dialysis Patients

09.29.2021 01:23 AM

The Kidney Project's first bioartifical kidney protoype reccently received the Artifical Kidney Award from HHS and the American Society of Nephrology's KidneyX.

Man Suffers Heart, Kidney Failure After Drinking Four Energy Drinks a Day in Two Years

04.18.2021 00:13 AM

A man was found to be suffering from heart and kidney failure after he consumed four energy drinks a day, a case study said.

Heat makes Chronic Kidney Disease Worse

06.06.2019 08:32 AM

Studies show that workers exposed to the harsh heat of the sun are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease.

Breath Sensors Analyses Exhaled Air For Presence Of Cancer-Causing Pathogens

05.20.2017 10:31 AM

Breath Sensors will soon be available, cheap and practical. Professor Diao and his team want that consumers will have the capacity to know if their house member has an indication of an undetected disease inside the body.

Health News: Researchers Proved Diabetes Patients More Prone To Acute Kidney Disease; New Prognostic Tool Found

04.20.2017 04:59 AM

End-stage renal disease is now a big risk to diabetic patients and a new prognostic tool proved it. A new breakthrough prognostic tool has been developed by researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center which accurately predict the risk of having end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Apixaban, Alternative To Warfarin Which Can Prevent Strokes In Patients Undergoing Dialysis

03.17.2017 06:15 AM

With the latest finding of the doctors from the Jewish General Hospital at McGill University in Canada, an alternative to warfarin was found which can actually lower the risk of having strokes among dialysis patients.

Kidney Failure Requiring Dialysis: Twofold Result Of Sickle Cell Trait

03.13.2017 20:10 PM

Sickle cell trait was reported to have been associated to cause kidney failure requiring dialysis. A new research has discovered that sickle gene predisposes an individual to an elevated risk of kidney failure requiring dialysis.

Iced Tea Caused Kidney Failure in Arkansas Man

04.04.2015 21:49 PM

America has long had a love affair with iced tea. Whether you talk about sweet tea in the south or lemon flavored tea found all over the country, Americans love their tea. However, this relationship was strained once the news broke about a man in Arkansas who passed away due to kidney failure from drinking iced tea.

Drinking Too Much Iced Tea Causes Man’s Kidney Failure

04.02.2015 15:14 PM

An Arkansas man's kidney failure has been linked by doctors to his excessive consumption of iced tea.

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