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Drug with immunotherapy may provide therapeutic opportunity for patients previously treated for kidney and lung cancer

September 26, 2019 and, cancer, drug, for, Immunotherapy, kidney, lung, may, opportunity, patients, previously, provide, therapeutic, treated, with

Pegilodecakin, a first-in-class drug currently in clinical trials, has shown positive safety results and may offer a potential new treatment

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An Organ transplant is told: A bar of chocolate could have killed me

September 25, 2019 dialysis, Germany, Good Luck, Göttingen, kidney, Opposition, Organ Donation, Solution

Mr. Burrack, you are ill at the end of the eighties, hard: your kidneys have stopped working, most likely caused

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Kidney transplants covered by Medicaid increased in states after Medicaid expansion

August 20, 2019 after, By, covered, Expansion, in, Increased, kidney, Medicaid, States, transplants

Medicaid expansion has helped more young, low-income adults with advanced kidney disease to avoid the costs and poor quality-of-life associated

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Fluoride may diminish kidney and liver function in adolescents, study suggests

August 8, 2019 Adolescents, and, diminish, Fluoride, Function, in, kidney, liver, may, study, suggests

August 8, 2019)—Fluoride exposure may lead to a reduction in kidney and liver function among adolescents, according to a study

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Cause of vascular disease in kidney failure reversed in animal model

March 5, 2019 animal, cause, disease, failure, in, kidney, model, of, reversed, vascular

By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers at Clemson University have reversed in an animal model

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Flu May Be a Factor in Many Kidney Failure Deaths

January 28, 2019 A, be, deaths, factor, failure, flu, in, kidney, Many, may

MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2019 — Seasonal flu and other respiratory infections may be especially dangerous for kidney failure patients, researchers

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Cognitive Scores After Kidney Transplant Tied to Frailty

January 25, 2019 after, cognitive, Frailty, kidney, Scores, tied, to, transplant

FRIDAY, Jan. 25, 2019 — Frail kidney transplant recipients have lower cognitive scores than nonfrail recipients four years after transplant,

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35 kidney genes linked to chronic kidney disease risk

November 22, 2018 $35, chronic, disease, genes, kidney, Linked, risk, to

An international study lead by University of Manchester scientists has discovered the identity of genes that predispose people to chronic

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Does obesity have an impact on kidney transplant outcomes?

October 26, 2018 an, does, Have, impact, kidney, obesity, on, outcomes, transplant

A new study sheds light on the potential impacts of obesity on health outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. The study

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Certain physical disabilities may affect outcomes in kidney transplant recipients

October 26, 2018 affect, certain, disabilities:, in, kidney, may, outcomes, physical, recipients, transplant

Visual and walking disabilities in kidney transplant recipients were linked with poor outcomes in a study that will be presented

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