Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/urology-nephrology/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241988.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241988.phpWith 1 in 5 overweight Americans suffering from chronic kidney disease, Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed the nutritional and lifestyle habits of overweight adults, finding that their methods included diets and diet pills that may cause further kidney damage...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241808.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241808.phpLaboratory-based treatment reminders meant to improve physicians' prescribing habits for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may not be effective, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN)...Urology / Nephrology Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241809.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241809.phpBeing educated about your health and your treatment options is a good thing. According to a new study, kidney failure patients who take part in an education program are more likely to get evaluated for a kidney transplant. The study appears in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN)...Transplants / Organ Donations Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241769.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241769.phpThere is an urgent need to increase the number of organ donors from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in countries with a strong tradition of immigration, such as the UK, USA, Canada and the Netherlands, in order to tackle inequalities in access and waiting times...Transplants / Organ Donations Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241854.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241854.phpOn Wednesday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gen-Probe's PROGENSA® PCA3 (Prostate Cancer gene 3) assay, the first molecular test to help determine whether men with a previous negative biopsy need a repeat biopsy...Prostate / Prostate Cancer Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241701.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241701.php The current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International reports that excessive consumption of phosphate is harmful to health, recommending that foods containing phosphate additives should be labeled. After a thorough review on phosphate related literature, Eberhard Ritz and his team, found that excessive phosphate consumption leads to a higher mortality in patients with renal disease...Nutrition / Diet Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241593.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241593.phpTenofovir, one of the most effective and commonly prescribed antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, is associated with a significant risk of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease that increases over time, according to a study of more than 10,000 patients led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)...HIV / AIDS Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241545.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241545.phpExcessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International [Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; (109 (4): 49-55]. Ritz et al...Urology / Nephrology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241467.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241467.phpA new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that racial disparities exist in both the early and late steps in access to kidney transplantation. This study is part of the February special themed issue of the journal on racial disparity. Led by Rachel E...Transplants / Organ Donations Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241470.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241470.phpWake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them...Breast Cancer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241426.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241426.phpAccording to a study published in the February 8 issue of JAMA, cefpodoxime, an antibiotic used as a short-term therapy in women with uncomplicated bladder infection (cystitis), failed to meet criteria for non-inferiority in comparison to ciprofloxacin. There have been concerns that ciprofloxacin, classed as a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, is overused, resulting in an increase in resistance rates...Urology / Nephrology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241358.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241358.phpA protein kinase known as ROCK1 can exacerbate an important process called fission in the mitochondria, the power plants of cells, leading to diabetic kidney disease, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online in the journal Cell Metabolism. (ROCK1 stands for (Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1...Diabetes Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241378.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241378.phpMan may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, judging by a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting. Even fasting on its own effectively treated a majority of cancers tested in animals, including cancers from human cells...Breast Cancer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241343.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241343.phpTwo outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) were recently endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF)...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241256.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241256.phpTreatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They added that the risk remains low, but should be taken into account by physicians and patients. The incidence of fatal complications was 1...Cancer / Oncology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241140.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241140.phpHome-based dialysis treatments are on the rise in both the developing and developed worlds, but developed countries appear to be turning to them less often, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN)...Urology / Nephrology Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241110.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241110.phpNighttime visits to the bathroom are generally associated with being pregnant or having an enlarged prostate, but the problem can affect youngsters, too. A new study sheds light on why some children may need to urinate more often during the rest cycle...Urology / Nephrology Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241125.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241125.phpAn upward revision of the blood pressure numbers used to identify risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) might actually help doctors provide better care for their patients, said the authors of a study in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The researchers found that systolic blood pressure - the "upper number" in a blood pressure reading - was the key variable...Urology / Nephrology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241113.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241113.phpA study by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveals that the cause for bedwetting is often constipation, and not always bladder problems. If left undiagnosed, bedwetting can be an unnecessarily long, expensive and difficult challenge to cure. The study is published online in the journal Urology...Urology / Nephrology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241027.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241027.phpJust the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions. The health risk is compounded by the fact that resource limitations and distance from Earth could restrict treatment options...Urology / Nephrology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241005.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241005.phpNew research published online in the FASEB Journal details a new antibody, called "OPN-305" that may significantly improve survival outcomes for those receiving donated kidneys and other organs. OPN-305 works by preventing inflammation triggered by oxygen deprivation in the donated organ, allowing for better recovery after transplantation...Transplants / Organ Donations Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240920.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240920.phpBedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting...Urology / Nephrology Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240941.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240941.php Researchers at Geisinger Health System have found that genetic abnormalities may be the cause for the majority of cerebral palsy (CP) cases, a group of disorders that can involve the brain and nervous system functions, such as seeing, movement, hearing, thinking, and learning, rather than a difficult birth or other perinatal factors. CP is the most prevalent physical disability of childhood...Genetics Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240831.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240831.phpRapid discontinuation of the immunosuppressive steroid prednisone after a kidney transplant can help prevent serious side effects, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Also, doing so does not appear to jeopardize the long-term survival of transplant patients and their new organs...Transplants / Organ Donations Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240892.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240892.phpThe US FDA has approved Inlyta (axitinib) for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, in patients with whom other drugs have not been effective, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced today. Inlyta is made and marketed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc...Urology / Nephrology