New research confirms the danger of heavy alcohol consumption in patients with chronic kidney disease. According to the study put out by Mayo Clinic Proceedings, those who consume heavy amounts of alcohol are more likely to experience rapid progression of
A recent study shed some new light on older patients with end stage kidney disease. These patients are those who have lost the ability to function independently after starting dialysis resulting in challenges for them and their caregivers.
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Unknown to many who suffer from chronic kidney disease, alternatives exist for those who do not want dialysis. For many, dialysis is a way of life, for all life-changing, giving many the feeling they are tethered and tied down to
Experts are saying it is safe to replace meat and fish with egg white to reduce serum phosphate without risking proper protein intake in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Hemodialysis is commonly referred to simply as dialysis and is
A new study has discovered that kidney dialysis patients who take part in exercises that are technology-based and psychologically positive during their treatments can improve their quality of life as well as their depression.
In a study that lasted 5
A questionnaire has been developed by researchers to better understand the common symptoms that patients with kidney disease have reported having.
As a result they were able to highlight the 13 most common symptoms the people with non-dialysis kidney
A recent systematic review by Sichuan University in China uncovered some new information regarding chronic kidney disease patients undergoing dialysis and hyperparathyroidism. Hyperparathyroidism is an excess of the parathyroid hormones which typically result from low blood calcium levels. Its denoted
Nicotinic Acid May Improve Hyperphosphatemia in HD
A new study, performed by Xianhua Liu, MD. and other scientists and published in Medicine, has found that nicotinic acid and its derivatives and analogs can remarkably reduce serum phosphorus in
Acute Kidney failure is a very serious complication in many critically ill patients and is linked with very high mortality. Severe form of acute kidney failure requires continuous renal replacement therapy. This is the reason why continuous replacement therapy is
