Smoking synthetic marijuana has been linked with acute kidney injury, according to federal health officials. The designer drugs have been associated with hypertension, rapid heart rate, seizures, and hallucinations, but today’s report is the first to link them with kidney… Read More ›
Patients with kidney disease requiring hemodialysis face a risk of developing potentially deadly bloodstream infections resulting from inappropriate handling of intravenous central line catheters used in the procedure—a risk that has increased over the past 2 decades, even as the… Read More ›
High blood levels of 2 proteins may help clinicians predict which patients with diabetes are likely to develop potentially life-threatening kidney disease, according to new research findings. Two studies show that high concentrations of the proteins—tumor necrosis factor receptors 1… Read More ›
A new model that specifically assesses how older adults fare after kidney transplantation could help thousands with kidney disease from being overlooked as candidates for lifesaving transplants. “Doctors routinely believe and tell older people they are not good candidates for… Read More ›
Efforts to curb bacterial infections of the blood associated with the insertion of an intravenous central line catheter in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) appear to be paying off, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More ›
