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Pune: Brain-dead woman gives life to two Army soldiers, donates kidneys
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune ( Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): Organ donation by a young brain-dead woman saved the life of five people including two serving Army soldiers in Command Hospital Southern Command (CHSC) in Pune.
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Nephrologist Dr Anuja Porwal decodes relationship between Diabetes and Kid
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 30 (ANI/TPT): Diabetes is one of the leading causes of Kidney Diseases. Approximately 40-60 per cent of new cases of kidney disease are secondary to diabetes. Several research and studies suggest that control of high blood sugar is one of the vital factors in slowing th
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Researchers find combining certain medicines with ibuprofen can cause perm
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Waterloo (Ontario) [Canada], May 5 (ANI): According to new research, people taking diuretics and renin-angiotensin (RSA) inhibitors for high blood pressure should also be careful to take ibuprofen as the combination can cause acute kidney injury, which can be permanent in some cases.
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Understanding treatment and management of Kidney Cancer
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 13 (ANI/Mediawire): Kidneys are nature's most sophisticated filters. They are bean-shaped organs that filter whole blood by extracting many elements and retaining the required elements for the whole body. They filter urine and unnecessary waste products and maintai
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Afghans sell kidneys as they face starvation
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], January 28 (ANI): Families in Afghanistan's western province of Herat are being forced to sell their kidneys amid dire poverty and starvation.
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Study finds effects of pregnancy on kidneys revealed by computational mode
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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 ki
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Researchers find new method to evaluate donor kidney quality
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): Researchers have found a way to evaluate the quality of kidneys before transplantation that could help increase the number of usable donor kidneys.
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A new method that could offer a more accurate way to evaluate donor kidney
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): A new study has found a way to evaluate the quality of kidneys before transplantation that could one day help increase the number of usable donor kidneys.
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Study suggests kidney retransplantation may offer better survival than dia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): After kidney failure, kidney transplantation is the preferred therapy, but kidneys transplanted from deceased donors often do not last for the rest of a recipient's life.
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Retransplantation may offer better survival than dialysis: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): Kidney transplantation is the preferred therapy after kidney failure, but kidneys transplanted from deceased donors often do not last for the rest of a recipient's life.
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Brain dead patient gives new life to 3 patients by organ donation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): In a rare case, a 52-year-old man, who was declared brain dead after suffering a hemorrhage gave a new life to three ailing patients by organ donation after his demise.
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Stem cell researchers find key building block to make mini-kidneys
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): During recent research, a team of scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney.
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