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  • Lean on me: Social support is critical to dialysis patients' health<\/a><\/h3>Dialysis patients with little social support from friends and family are more likely to ignore doctors' orders, experience a poorer quality of life, and die prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).<\/summary><\/li>

  • Study finds airbags reduce risk of kidney injury in car crashes<\/a><\/h3>Occupants in motor vehicles with airbags are much less likely to suffer kidney or renal damage in a crash than are occupants in vehicles without airbags, according to a new study in the September Journal of the American College of Surgeons.<\/summary><\/li>

  • Researchers develop method for curbing growth of crystals that form kidney stones<\/a><\/h3>Researchers have developed a method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, may offer a pathway to a new method for the prevention of kidney stones.<\/summary><\/li>

  • Flexing their muscles helps kidney disease patients live longer<\/a><\/h3>Kidney disease patients are healthier and live longer if they've beefed up their muscles, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology(CJASN). The results suggest that patients may benefit from pumping iron or taking medications to boost their lean body mass.<\/summary><\/li>

  • Keeping blood pressure in check may benefit some African-Americans with kidney disease<\/a><\/h3>Keeping blood pressure at a low level in African-Americans with kidney disease may slow the progression of the condition in patients with proteinuria, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a national study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.<\/summary><\/li>

  • New way to explain the leading cause of kidney failure<\/a><\/h3>Evidence reported in the October issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, offers a completely new explanation for why people with diabetes account for more than half of all patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation. It appears that insulin has a significant influence on the structure and proper function of a particular group of very specialized cells, known as podocytes, that are integral to the kidney's ability to do its job filtering blood.<\/summary><\/li>

  • Specific kidney cell could be key in the treatment of kidney failure in diabetes<\/a><\/h3>Diabetes is the leading reason for kidney failure in the world, resulting in patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation. New research has found a cell in the kidney called the podocyte could be the key to understanding why this happens.<\/summary><\/li>

  • How to improve health and reduce risk for dialysis patients<\/a><\/h3>Many patients with kidney failure employed during the year before beginning dialysis are no longer employed early in their first year of treatment. A recent survey by Nancy Kutner, PhD (Emory University) and her colleagues indicates that depression and reduced physical activity may play a role.<\/summary><\/li>

  • South Asians at twice the risk of heart attack and death after transplant: study<\/a><\/h3>South Asian men and women have more than twice the risk of suffering a heart attack after a kidney transplant, according to a study led by St. Michael's nephrologist Dr. Ramesh Prasad.<\/summary><\/li>

  • Physicians beware: Cholesterol counts in kidney disease patients<\/a><\/h3>To understand the health effects of high cholesterol levels, doctors first need to assess malnutrition and inflammation status in their chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).<\/summary><\/li>"}