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Little to choose between catheter types for intermittent self-catheterization
Patients undertaking intermittent self catheterization for urinary retention should be offered the choice of clean noncoated, hydrophilic, or gel reservoir catheters, say researchers who found none offers a strong advantage in avoiding urinary tract infection.
Source: MedWire News - Urology - January 14, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news

Donor liver wastage on the increase
US researchers have found that the expansion of liver transplantation criteria to include post-cardiac death donors is associated with an increase in the proportion of unused donor livers.
Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology - January 14, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Liver controls wasting in cancer
Many cancer patients suffer from a dramatic loss of fat and muscle mass. This extreme wasting, or cachexia, is often the actual cause of death in cancer patients. Scientists have now discovered in mice that tumors stimulate the production of a key gene switch in the liver. Activity of this switch lowers blood fat levels so that the animals lose weight. This finding may lead to approaches to slow down this fatal loss of body mass.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Sparks Health System Adds Urology Group
Sparks Health System of Fort Smith adds its first urology group for an undisclosed price. Sparks bought the Urology Group of Western Arkansas on Jan. 1 and renamed it Sparks Urology Group.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - January 14, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

India to hit Roche, BMS with compulsory licenses on 3 cancer drugs
India is taking another swipe at Big Pharma.01/14/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Issues pose challenge to closing minority health gap
A deadline for eliminating disparities by 2010 has come and gone.01/14/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Smoking Intensity And Cancer Markers Predict Seriousness Of Bladder Cancer
Smoking not only causes bladder cancer - it also affects its course, in that people who smoke more have greater likelihood of developing more aggressive and deadly disease. That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study also found that a panel of bladder cancer markers can predict which particular cases are at the highest risk for a fatal outcome...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news

Lower Liver Quality From Donation After Cardiac Death Linked To Decline In Livers Available For Transplant
A new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health Resources and Services Administration, and published in the January 2013 issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), found that the non-use of donor livers climbed through 2010 due to a worsening of donor liver quality, primarily from donation following cardiac death. Diabetes, donor age, and body mass index (BMI) were also linked to a decrease in use of organs...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news

Acrylamide correlated with a 60% higher rate of kidney cancer
Iincreased intake of Acrylamide (formed when potatoes are baked or fried) is correlated with a 60% higher rate of kidney cancer #SaveAPotato — NabilAlmessabi (@Nabil_Almessabi) January 12, 2013 Acrylamide in Food and Cancer Risk 01/13/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Reports from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Add New Data to Research in Cytokines
Investigators publish new report on Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins. According to news reporting originating from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States in those dying under the age of 85.01/13/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Horizon scanning: US FDA panel recommends approval of canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
Source: BioSpace Area: News According to BioSpace, the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the US FDA has voted 10-5 to recommend the approval of canagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults. Canagliflozin is a selective sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor that works by blocking the reabsorption of glucose by the kidney, thus increasing glucose excretion and lowering blood glucose levels. People with type 2 diabetes reabsorb greater amounts of glucose than those without diabetes, and this may contribute to elevated glucose levels. The advisory committee ...
Source: NeLM - News - January 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

30 Days to Better Sleep: Decrease the Frequency of Trips to the Bathroom to Pee
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/sleepdisorders/1/9/x/0/-/-/BW_Nightstand.jpg" alt="Getty Images" /></p> <p>There is nothing worse than having to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Once you get to sleep, the last thing you need is a full bladder waking you up. For some people, these awakenings may even evolve into difficulty falling back asleep, a symptom of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://sleepdisorders.about.com/od/commonsleepdisorders/a/What_Is_Insomnia.htm">insomnia</a>. How can you decrease the number of tri...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - January 14, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Are some patients too heavy for a new kidney?
(Saint Louis University) Saint Louis University researchers examine outcomes for obese kidney transplant recipients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Drug Won’t Help Kidney Transplant Patients
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Chronic kidney disease will cause the kidneys to degrade and eventually fail. Though kidney transplants can help people living with chronic kidney disease, problems with the transplanted organ can also be severe. Now a new study is saying that a drug used to slow the progression of kidney disease in patients without a transplant is not effective for those with a kidney transplant.
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - January 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Liver controls wasting in cancer
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Many cancer patients suffer from a dramatic loss of fat and muscle mass. This extreme wasting, or cachexia, is often the actual cause of death in cancer patients. Heidelberg scientists have now discovered in mice that tumors stimulate the production of a key gene switch in the liver. Activity of this switch lowers blood fat levels so that the animals lose weight. This finding may lead to approaches to slow down this fatal loss of body mass.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Improving Drug Dosing for Patients With Renal ImpairmentImproving Drug Dosing for Patients With Renal Impairment
This study evaluated software which recommends dose adjustments based on creatinine clearance. BMC Family Practice
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news

NSAID–antihypertensive combinations may risk kidney damage
Physicians should be aware that treating patients with a combination of antihypertensives along with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may cause kidney damage, say researchers.
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - January 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Could Renal Abscess Be a Complication of Pyelonephritis in this Patient?
Discussion Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common. By the age of 7 years up to 8% of girls and 2% of boys have had a UTI. The current American Academy of Pediatrics criteria for a UTI diagnosis includes presence of pyruria (determined by microscopy) or leucocyte esterase (on dipstick) AND a culture-positive urine of < 50,000 colony-forming units/mL on a catheterized specimen, or >100,000 colony-forming units on a voided specimen. Because of possible contamination, bagged specimens are not acceptable. Clinical pyelonephritis (ie febrile UTI) is a fairly common problem in the pediatric population. Learning Point Renal abs...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 13, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Voraxaze (glucarpidase) for the Treatment of Toxic Plasma Methotrexate Concentrations
Voraxaze (glucarpidase) is an antidote indicated for the treatment of plasma methotrexate (MTX) toxicity in patients with delayed elimination of methotrexate due to kidney dysfunction.
Source: Drug Development Technology - January 13, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Targeted prostate biopsies skew proportion of high-risk cases
Image-targeted biopsy of the prostate leads to a substantial increase in the proportion of prostate cores identified as high risk compared with standard transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy, the results of a UK study indicate.
Source: MedWire News - Urology - January 13, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news

VeganThink
Did Steve Jobs live 30 years after developing cancer thanks to his near vegan diet? That's the claim made by Dr. John McDougall in a lecture marked by ideology overriding science and common sense. read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 13, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Dr. Kaayla T. Daniel, Ph.D., C.C.N. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health american diets american junk animal products Arnold Ehret Bill Gates bombardment cancer cell computer pioneers Dr John McDougall food junkie fructose fruitarianism juicing kidney stones lifelo Source Type: news

No Benefit To Kidney Transplant Recipients Found In Large, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Angiotensin II Blockade
A drug that protects the kidneys of patients with chronic kidney disease does not seem to provide the same benefit to kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Immunosuppressants help prolong the function of transplanted organs, but therapies that target non-immunological damage to these organs - such as elevated blood pressure and tissue scarring (or fibrosis) - have not been studied...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news

Abuse of 'New' Opana Linked to Blood Disorder
(MedPage Today) -- Drug users who inject the new "abuse-deterrent" version of Opana ER (oxymorphone) may be at risk of developing a serious blood disease, according to Tennessee health officials.
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - January 12, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news

BHD and apoptosis: a review
Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death and is required for the correct development and tissue maintenance of an organism.01/12/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 12, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Kidneys Sometimes Removed Unnecessarily Due to Misdiagnosis
Thousands of individuals have had kidneys removed unnecessarily because doctors misdiagnosed their disease.01/12/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 12, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Cancer Drug Controls Tumors in Rare Disorder (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A rare genetic disorder that causes noncancerous kidney tumors can be controlled with everolimus (Afinitor), researchers reported.
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 11, 2013 Category: Hematology Source Type: news

Meet Britain's real-life Mr Bump: The man who's had 34 operations, broken 15 bones and survived a heart attack and kidney failure
Terry Butler, 67, from Coventry, has also survived a two haemorrhages, six hip replacements and nearly losing his leg after contracting a deadly infection.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Research Method to Identify Brain Tumors Could Enhance Neurosurgery
Developed by researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Stony Brook University, the contrast agent adheres to a molecular marker of medulloblastoma, a form of brain cancer, and can be seen by the optical microscope system, also developed by the research team.01/11/2013
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 11, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

ARB No Help in Saving Kidney Grafts (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker did not slow progression of end-stage renal disease or its precursor in kidney transplant recipients, a randomized trial showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 11, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Few Cases of Minor Hematuria Need Workup (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Older age and a recent history of gross hematuria were the strongest predictors of urinary tract malignancy in patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, a prospective cohort study found.
Source: MedPage Today Urology - January 11, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news

Snail control key to cutting carp parasites in Vietnam
Controlling the numbers of snails in fish farms in Vietnam is crucial for the prevention of infections that can cause liver cancer in humans.
Source: SciDev.Net - January 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Afinitor® in patients with non-cancerous tumours
Data published in The Lancet has shown that patients on Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets with non-cancerous kidney tumours known as renal angiomyolipomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) experienced a significant reduction in tumour size and the absence of tumour progression
Source: Pharmacy Europe - January 11, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

The Most Effective Treatment For Common Kidney Disorder Revealed By UK-Wide Clinical Trial
The results of a pioneering UK-wide clinical trial that compared treatments for patients with a common type of kidney disease has found one to be significantly more effective. The results of the study, published online in The Lancet, will be recommended to clinicians worldwide as the most effective approach to treating the condition. The Medical Research Council-funded study, led by researchers from the University of Bristol's Academic Renal Unit based in Southmead Hospital, compared three treatment approaches in a type of kidney disorder known as 'membranous nephropathy'...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news

Potential Adverse Effects On Heart And Kidneys From BPA
Exposure to a chemical once used widely in plastic bottles and still found in aluminum cans appears to be associated with a biomarker for higher risk of heart and kidney disease in children and adolescents, according to an analysis of national survey data by NYU School of Medicine researchers published in the online issue of Kidney International, a Nature publication...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Hope For New Therapies And Diagnostics For Deadly Fibrotic Diseases
A team of scientists has developed a playbook for ending the devastating impact of fibrotic diseases of the liver, lung, kidney, and other organs, which are responsible for as many as 45 percent of all deaths in the industrialized world. Despite the prevalence of these illnesses, which are caused by buildup of scar tissue, there are no approved antifibrotic drugs on the market in the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news

Microscopic Hematuria Found To Be An Unreliable Indicator Of Renal Or Bladder Cancer
The presence of microscopic hematuria - blood found in urine that can't be seen by the naked eye - does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The study suggests that tests routinely done on patients with this condition could be avoided and has led to the creation of a screening tool to better diagnose certain types of cancers...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news

Statins may limit post-CABG kidney injury
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Beginning statins before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may limit the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), according to North Carolina-based researchers.
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Teva questions safety of rival MS drug BG-12
Source: Reuters Area: News Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, which markets glatiramer (Copaxone) has filed a petition with the FDA that could, if granted, delay entry to the market of a rival drug (dimethyl fumarate/ BG-12) developed by Biogen Idec Inc. Teva's petition asks the FDA not to approve any new multiple sclerosis drug until its safety has been evaluated by a panel of outside advisors, and said it had uncovered information on a publicly accessible website about the safety of Biogen's drug; namely that kidney changes were observed after repeated administration of BG-12 in mice, rats, dogs and monkeys...
Source: NeLM - News - January 11, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

College looks for new Clinical Champions
GPs wanted to lead on kidney disease, epilepsy, eye health and mental healthRelated items from OnMedicaNew drive to improve GPs' skills on kidney diseaseChampion group starts work to improve dementia careCall for GPs to champion needs of young peopleGP role must be boosted in the future
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 11, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Novel Acetylcysteine Regimens for Treatment of APAP OverdoseNovel Acetylcysteine Regimens for Treatment of APAP Overdose
Does IV acetylcysteine prevent acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity as well as oral therapy? Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news

Kidneys sometimes removed unnecessarily due to misdiagnosis of genetic disorder
Thousands of individuals have had kidneys removed unnecessarily because doctors misdiagnosed their disease. A new study indicates that approximately one of every five individuals with kidney tumors common in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder, has had a kidney removed.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 10, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Drug fails to help kidney transplant recipients, study suggests
While safe and well-tolerated, angiotensin II blockade did not lessen tissue scarring or prevent kidney failure in kidney transplant recipients. Angiotensin II blockade is known to slow kidney disease progression in individuals without transplants.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 10, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Functional Analysis of Human D1 and D5 Dopaminergic G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Lessons from Mutagenesis of a Conserved Serine Residue in the Cytosolic End of Transmembrane Region 6
In this study, we will test the effect of S263A/G/D and S287A/G/D mutations on ligand binding and DA-dependent activation of D1R and D5R.
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - January 10, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Methods for the Study of Dopamine Receptors Within Lipid Rafts of Kidney Cells
There is increasing evidence that G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling is regulated in lipid raft microdomains. GPCRs and GPCR-signaling molecules, including G proteins and protein kinases, have been reported to compartmentalize in these microdomains. Dopamine D1-like receptors (D1R and D5R) belong to a family of GPCRs that are important in the regulation of renal function. These receptors are not only localized and regulated in caveolae that contains caveolin-1 but are also distributed in non-caveolar lipid rafts which do not contain caveolin-1. This chapter describes detergent- and non-detergent-based methods...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - January 10, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Visualizing In Vitro Trafficking
Here we present a detailed guide for performing in vitro trafficking assays. These are high-resolution light microscopy assays designed to look at the cytoskeletal filament-based trafficking of cellular organelles. The strategy is to partially purify organelles from lysed mammalian cells and freeze them as single-use aliquots. The organelles are then thawed and allowed to bind microtubule and actin filaments that have been coated onto handmade optical microchambers. Time lapse multichannel fluorescence microscopy is then performed to identify specific vesicles and associated proteins and to observe and quantify how the mat...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - January 10, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Kidneys Sometimes Removed Needlessly in Patients with Rare Genetic Disorder
Tuberous sclerosis causes benign growths to form on organs that doctors can mistake for cancer Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Benign Tumors, Kidney Diseases, Tuberous Sclerosis
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA Panel Backs J&J Diabetes Drug
An FDA advisory panel backed a proposed Johnson & Johnson diabetes drug despite concerns about potential cardiovascular risks and less benefit in patients with impaired kidneys.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - January 10, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Do Kids' BPA Levels Predict Future Disease? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Children and adolescents with high levels of urinary bisphenol A showed evidence of low-grade albuminuria, which may have implications for the later development of kidney and heart disease, researchers suggested.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Study Finds Increase in Unused Transplant Livers
The number of donor livers thrown away in the U.S. has increased since 2004 due - in part - to a population growing older and heavier, according to a new study that also points to changes in medical practice that may make some donor livers less viable.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Liver Transplantation, Organ Donation
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Dual Antihypertensive Therapy And NSAIDs
Adding a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to dual antihypertensive therapy (a diuretic plus either an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker) is associated with an increase in risk for kidney injury, according to a large new retrospective study published in BMJ.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 10, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news