WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People living with HIV who need a kidney can rest assured that outcomes are similar whether their kidney donor was also HIV-positive or not, a new study finds. One- and three-year survival was the same, regardless of the donor’s HIV status, as wereContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Kidney stone fragments sometimes just need a little push to be flushed out of a person’s system, a new trial finds. About seven in 10 patients who got ultrasound treatment to encourage fragments to clear from their kidneys wound up free from anyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ozempic and Wegovy can prevent heart problems in overweight and obese people, particularly if they also suffer from kidney disease, a new clinical trial shows. The drugs’ active ingredient, semaglutide, reduced heart health risk by 20% in heavyset people who took it forContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The risk of death associated with donating a kidney is at an all-time low, a new study finds. A kidney donor’s risk — already small a decade ago — is now lower by more than half, researchers found. Fewer than one death occursContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some seniors with end-stage kidney failure who are too sick for a transplant should probably skip dialysis because the health trade-offs aren’t worth it, a new study says. Seniors who started dialysis immediately after diagnosis with kidney failure only lived an average ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An apple a day, along with a healthy serving of vegetables, could become a first line of treatment for hypertension, new research suggests. Diet plays a large role in overall health, and the study confirmed that a diet high in fruits and vegetablesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The second person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, surgeons at NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday. The 54-year-old patient, Lisa Pisano, had both kidney failure and heart failure. She received the pig kidney April 12, eight days afterContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — John Nicolas was deep into kidney transplant surgery when he decided to ask his doctors if they’d started yet. “At one point during surgery, I recall asking, ‘Should I be expecting the spinal anesthesia to kick in?’” Nicolas, 28, recalled in a newsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Older women with chronic kidney disease might wind up losing so many teeth they aren’t able to chew and talk effectively, a new study warns. Postmenopausal women with kidney disease are about 40% more likely to have fewer than 20 teeth, the minimumContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mankind is eyeing Mars as its next grand expedition, but the human body might not be capable of dealing with such a journey, a new study warns. It’s very likely that an astronaut’s kidneys could be permanently damaged by cosmic radiation during aContinue Reading