A urine or blood test can typically tell doctors if a patient has kidney damage. However, these tests can still miss the very early stages of nephron loss which signal the start of CKD.
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Long-term blood sugar levels, known as HbA1c, can be used to accurately predict the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes having eye and kidney problems. According to research, this level should be lower than 53 mmol/mol (7%). The study tracked people for more than 30 years after they were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): A team of researchers suggested that new apparatus with magnets to remotely control guidewires through tiny, tortuous blood vessels can be used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
Ontario [Canada], January 24 (ANI): Technology nowadays has made even the most complex of studies very easy and understandable with valuable findings. And now, researchers from the University of Waterloo have used computer simulations to better understand the impacts pregnancy can have on kidneys.
Doctors in Alabama have successfully transplanted a pair of kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the body of a brain-dead man. The operation took place in the United States at the University of Alabama. Jim Parsons, 57, was declared brain dead after he suffered a bike accident in September last year The patient’s kidneys […]