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Higher rates were observed in southern and midwest geographical regions than in the northeast region and in urban teaching hospitals than in urban non-teaching hospitals and rural hospitals. (Photo: ANI)

Hospitalised pregnant women likely to face kidney injury

Study reveals that hospitalised pregnant women more likely to face kidney injury.

10 Nov 2019 6:30 PM

The study was initiated because of observations that nephrologists were noting in a clinic at London Health Sciences Centre. (Photo: ANI)

Muscle relaxant can cause severe disorientation

Studies reveal that muscle relaxant could cause mental disorientation in kidney patients.

10 Nov 2019 3:37 PM

Prasad, 71, is undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi. (Photo: File)

Lalu Prasad's health not stable, kidneys not functioning properly

The former Bihar chief minister and ex-Union minister is undergoing treatment for multiple ailments.

01 Sep 2019 8:09 AM

The test is supposed to ensure that the patient actually has a UTI and that the right antibiotic is prescribed to treat it. (Photo: ANI)

Rapid and accurate tests required to cure UTI

Studies reveal that accurate tests required to cure urinary tract infections.

14 Aug 2019 9:05 AM

The readings of the colour changing behaviour are gauged using a companion app.

Now colour-changing tattoos that can track diabetes, kidney disease

This fluid is made of different dyes that react with elements of a person's metabolic system.

01 Aug 2019 7:40 AM

Traditional Indian herb Punarnava has been found to be effective in preventing and managing kidney ailments, researchers of at least two recent scientific studies have found.

Ayurvedic kidney drug gets global recognition

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2015 has revealed chronic kidney disease (CKD) as the eighth leading cause of death.

11 Mar 2019 6:36 AM

However, the trade-off was a good deal after all. Wang learned that his surgery was not a successful one and has now ended up placing him in bed for the rest of his life. (Photo: Orientaldaily)

He sold his kidney for an iPhone 4, now is bed-ridden for life

It was the popular trend around school and that a few many students owned one of the Apple handsets.

31 Dec 2018 10:44 AM

When he was supposed to move aside he spotted a mass in the pelvis and declared an emergency (Photo: AFP)

Doctor removes woman's kidney during surgery after mistaking it for a tumour

The reason for this was that Dr Vasquez hadn’t seen scans that showed Pacheco as having a pelvic kidney due to a birth defect.

02 Nov 2018 12:52 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds impact of obesity on kidney transplant outcomes

Transplantation for many obese patients will have a significant impact on quality of life and longevity for these patients.

26 Oct 2018 3:49 PM

Acute kidney injury associated with higher risk of dementia

Further studies are needed to determine the long-term cognitive consequences of AKI.

26 Oct 2018 3:06 PM

The team, who had attended to the man from Newham University Hospital, published the unusual tale in BMJ Case Reports. (Photo: Pixabay)

Man’s bowel bursts from being filled with too much faeces

Doctors were shocked to discover his ‘megarectum’ dilated to seven inched (18cm) and the last part of his colon filled with faeces.

23 Aug 2018 2:09 PM

In cross-match testing, blood from the donor and recipient are mixed. If the recipient's cells attack and kill the donor cells, the cross-match is considered positive.

A bond through ‘triple swap’ kidney donation

Three men receive organs from one another’s wives.

13 Jul 2018 6:46 AM

Nitric oxide inhaled during surgery can decrease kidney problems

This is the first study to show that a pharmacological treatment can reduce acute and chronic kidney injury as a result of cardiac surgery.

22 Jun 2018 4:13 PM

Oral antibiotics tied to increased risk of kidney stones

The risk increase associated with these antibiotics ranged from 27 percent higher odds with broad-spectrum penicillins.

21 Jun 2018 6:13 PM

Jay was discharged from Birmingham Children's Hospital, where he was the first child in 20 years to undergo the complex procedure. (Photo: Pixabay)

7-year-old becomes youngest in UK to have 5 organ transplants in 10-hour surgery

Jay Crouch received two new kidneys, a liver, a small intestine and a pancreas from a single donor in a mammoth 10-hour operation.

25 Apr 2018 4:11 PM

During cold and flu season people were 24% more likely to exceed the maximum recommended weekly dose of 4,000 milligrams at least once. (Photo: Pixabay)

Painkiller overuse spikes during cold and flu season

This extensive analgesics consumption that we have documented raises the concern of overuse and misuse, as well as addiction to opioids.

15 Apr 2018 2:26 PM

Diabetes has long been linked to an increased risk of heart disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

Slightly elevated blood sugar tied to heart and kidney problems

People with slightly elevated blood sugar should take steps to get it down to a healthy level.

17 Mar 2018 11:59 AM

Home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy reduces hospital blood pressure visits by 50 percent without increasing complications. (Photo: Pixabay)

Home blood pressure monitoring during pregnancy safe, cost effective

About 10 percent of pregnant women have chronic high blood pressure and must keep tabs on it throughout pregnancy.

07 Mar 2018 12:40 PM

$The mini-kidneys lack a large artery, and without that the organ's function will only be a fraction of normal. (Photo: Pixabay)$

Human kidney tissue capable of producing urine developed

To test the functionality of the new structures, the team used Dextran - a fluorescent protein which stains the urine.

10 Feb 2018 2:33 PM

The swelling up also affects her breathing and sometimes she swells so much that her eyes look closed (Photo: AFP)

Condition making body to swell double its size causes girl to get both kidneys removed

She has also been put on a dialysis on which she may remain all her life unless a transplant match is found for her.

29 Jan 2018 4:19 PM

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