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Maryam claims Nawaz health 'deteriorating further'
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 22 (ANI): Demanding Pakistan's government to "free" her father, Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday claimed that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's renal function is "deteriorating further" and "his kidney disease is on stage three".
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Second-hand smoking dangerous, reveals study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 08 (ANI): A recent study has discovered a link between second-hand smoking and development of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Hyderabad: Family protests alleging kidney of patient removed without thei
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Family members of patient Shiva Prasad Goud staged a protest at Yashoda Hospital in Malakpet on Tuesday alleging that the Kidney of the patient was removed without their knowledge by the doctors while operating on a tumour in his stomach.
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Steroid use during cardiac bypass surgery does not reduce risk of severe k
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): A new study now says that using steroids during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery do not reduce the risk of acute kidney injury in people at increased risk of death.
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Drug combination may treat advanced kidney cancer
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): An investigator from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute now says that a combination of two drugs - one of them an immunotherapy agent - could become a new standard, first-line treatment for patients with metastatic kidney cancer. The investigator made the cl
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Hyderabad police creates green corridor for ambulance to transport live or
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Hyderabad traffic police on Thursday provided a green corridor of 12.6 kilometres to an ambulance carrying lungs, kidneys and liver.
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Made-to-order human kidneys may soon become reality
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Researchers have now successfully grown functional mouse kidneys inside rats from just a few donor stem cells.
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Nawaz Sharif suffering from kidney stone
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 4 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is suffering from kidney stone and a medical board will determine the procedure to be adopted on the jailed Pakistani leader.
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Kidney research sheds light on harms of certain drugs
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): A new study sees scientists identifying an enzyme that is a “master regulator” of kidney function. The enzyme, if suppressed, can trigger renal failure. Their findings have implications for the use of existing drugs and the development of new pharmaceutic
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Zinc deficiency may cause high blood pressure
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 24 (ANI): High blood pressure (hypertension) may be caused by lower than normal zinc levels, which alter the way in which kidneys handle sodium, a new study finds.
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Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption linked to kidney disease risk: Study
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): If you love indulging in fruit drinks or soda, you might want to have a look at this. Higher collective consumption of sweetened fruit drinks, soda, and water is associated with a higher likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), a recent stud
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Can exercise help improve kidney function in obese people?
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 4 (ANI): Aerobic exercise could help improve diabetes-related kidney disease in obese people, suggests a study.
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