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• Failure of communication lead to an excessive hospital stay

  
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  On a late afternoon in mid-July I was finishing up my first Sunday on call as a third year medical student. I glanced over the patient list for 4 East, the internal medicine floor I had been assigned to cover. Familiar with patients in their eighties and nineties, I was surprised to see a 22-year-old patient admitted ...
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• How a Drug-Lead Compound Kills Cancer Cells By ‘Starving’ Them of Energy, Preventing Tumor Formation

  
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  How a Drug-Lead Compound Kills Cancer Cells By ‘Starving’ Them of Energy, Preventing Tumor Formation A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences and Mechanobiology Institute have discovered how a drug-lead compound – a compound that is undergoing ...
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• The Impact of Urologic Diseases on the American Public

  
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  The Impact of Urologic Diseases on the American Public Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the ...
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• The Impact Of Urologic Diseases On The American Public

  
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  Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.S. ...
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• Renal Denervation Lowers Blood Pressure In Kidney Disease Patients

  
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  Disrupting certain nerves in the kidneys can safely and effectively lower blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings indicate that the procedure might ...
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• For Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, One Type Of Open Heart Surgery Is Safer Than The Other

  
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  One type of open heart surgery is likely safer than the other for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Open heart, or coronary artery bypass, surgery can be done two ways: on-pump or off-pump, depending ...
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• Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Benefit From Accelerated Chemotherapy Given Before Surgery

  
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  For some patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, treatment may begin before they undergo cystectomy, or surgical removal of the bladder. They may be advised by oncologists to receive chemotherapy before surgery. A large randomized clinical trial published in 2003 demonstrated a survival benefit for neoadjuvant, ...
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• Dialysis Patients Benefit From 5-Minute Chat

  
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  The constant health education that dialysis patients receive can lead to boredom and noncompliance. But a Loyola University Medical Center study has found that brief, casual chats can be a significant benefit to patients. The technique is called "talking control support therapy." As patients were undergoing dialysis, ...
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• New Insights Into Urinary Tract Health Of Adolescent Males Revealed By Bacteria Study

  
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  The first study using cultivation independent sequencing of the microorganisms in the adolescent male urinary tract has revealed that the composition of microbial communities colonizing the penis in young men depends upon their circumcision status and patterns of sexual activity. This study, published in the online ...
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• To transplant or not to transplant: That is the question

  
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  A young woman presented for altruistic kidney donor evaluation. She had no significant past medical history other than two normal prior pregnancies. Physical examination was unremarkable. A CT angiogram revealed bilateral irregularities of the renal arteries and a 0.9 mm aneurysmal dilatation of right renal artery ...
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• Afinitor (everolimus) Approved For Renal Angiomyolipomas By FDA

  
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  Afinitor (everolimus) has been approved by the FDA for renal angiomyolipomas (non-cancerous kidney tumors) that do not require urgent surgery in patients with TSC (tuberous sclerosis complex). Tuberous sclerosis complex is a very rare genetic condition in which non-cancerous tumors grow in the brain, kidney, skin, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Improved Survival From Intensive Kidney Dialysis Compared To Conventional Dialysis

  
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  Patients suffering with end-stage renal disease could increase their survival chances by undergoing intensive dialysis at home rather than the conventional dialysis in clinics. A new study by Lawson Health Research Institute shows the potential of more intensive dialysis completed in a home setting. The study found ...
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• Oliver Wrong

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Oliver Wrong ‘A lion of nephrology’ noted for unravelling the chemistry of the rare Dent’s diseaseOliver Wrong, who has died aged 87, was a distinguished professor of medicine who will be remembered for unravelling the chemistry of Dent’s disease, a kidney condition which ...
  4 weeks ago

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