Tracy Morgan is celebrating the holiday season with a new kidney. Not as great as an iPad, but still quite a big delivery! (We kid. We kid.) The SNL alum is recovering after undergoing a kidney transplant on Dec. 10, Entertainment Weekly reported Monday. “Tracy is doing well and taking some much needed time to [...]
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Diabetes drug may retard growth of cysts in polycystic kidney disease
November 12th, 2010 |
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A new study has found that a drug usually used to treat diabetes may also retard the growth of fluid-filled cysts of the most common genetic disorder-polycystic kidney disease. Researchers of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic reported that pioglitazone appeared to control the growth of PKD cysts. Using a [...]
“30 Rock’s†Grizz Gets A New Kidney
August 5th, 2010 |
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“Twenty six million Americans have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and I was one of them….” Seven months after going public with his dire two-year battle against chronic kidney disease, massive 30 Rock actor Grizzwald “Grizz†Chapman has successfully undergone a kidney transplant, E! News reports.In December, the future looked a lot bleekier for Grizz. The 6′7, [...]
Gary Coleman Hospitalized After Suspected Seizure
January 6th, 2010 |
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Gary, don’t go into the light! Former child actor Gary Coleman has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a suspected seizure on Wednesday morning.
According to his rep, the actor, now 41, “was out of sorts,” called an ambulance. Gary was transported from Custom Hotel, where he has been staying while promoting a new [...]
Poor kidney function may increase heart attack risk
November 6th, 2009 |
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Poor kidney function may increase an individual’’s risk for suffering heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease and early death, reveals a new study.
Researchers revealed that to evaluate heart health, clinicians should look at their patients” current level of kidney function and also changes in kidney function over time.
During that study, Dr Michael Shlipak from [...]
Short-term success of male to female kidney transplants ‘doubtful’
July 30th, 2009 |
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The short-term success of kidney transplants in females recipients from deceased male donor kidneys is not guaranteed, but the long-term success is quite promising, claims a study.
The study showed that female recipients of kidneys from deceased male donors demonstrate an increased risk of allograft failure in the first year after transplant, but show no increased [...]
Daily potassium citrate may prevent seizure patients on high-fat diet from kidney stones
July 22nd, 2009 |
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’’s Center say that children on the high-fat ketogenic diet to control epileptic seizures can be prevented from the excruciatingly painful kidney stones, which the diet may sometimes cause, by giving them a daily supplement of potassium citrate the day they start the diet.
“We can confidently say this is a safe [...]
Kidney’s Law: Broad beans
July 11th, 2009 |
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