Nephron Information Center News Center

Last updated Wed, 07 May 2008 04:10:26 -0500 GMT.

Headlines

• Teammates Deeply and Emotionally Affected as Authorities and Company Fully Investigate Lufkin Facility's Unexpected Deaths (www.news-journal.com)
  
• Texas Nephrology Nurse is a Walking Example of Hope (include.nurse.com)
  
• Officials expand probe of Lufkin dialysis facility (www.lufkindailynews.com)
  
• Kidney Disease Worsens In A Fourth Of African-Americans Despite Treatment (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• High Blood Pressure Still Sneaking Past Doctors, Stanford Study Shows (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• A health economic analysis of screening and optimal treatment of nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the USA. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Chinese Companies Prepare for National Healthcare Reform: Their Dialysis Market to Grow 200 to 300% by 2010 (news.moneycentral.msn.com)
  
• Microinflammation and endothelial damage in hemodialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Efficacy and Tolerability of Sevelamer Carbonate in Hyperphosphatemic Patients Who Have Chronic Kidney Disease and Are Not on Dialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• House Approves Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation; President Bush Expected To Sign Bill Into Law (kaisernetwork.org)
  
• Better-educated Women Are A Healthier Weight, New Research Reveals (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Hyperphosphatemia of chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Physicians pay attention: you aren't testing your patients adequately for kidney disease! (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• AAKP urges Congress to support bill providing immunosuppressive drug coverage for transplant recipients. (aakp.org)
  
• AAKP calls on John Kerry to support home hemo pilot ... (www.renalbusiness.com)
  
• Authorities investigate after spike in dialysis deaths (www.chron.com)
  
• Urotensin II: a cardiovascular and renal update. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• US Senate unanimously passes anti-discrimination bill relating to genetic information. (online.wsj.com)
  
• Praise as good as cash to brain: study (www.reutershealth.com)
  
• Helicobacter pylori infection and its relationship to plasma magnesium in hemodialysis patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Simvastatin with or without ezetimibe in familial hypercholesterolemia. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Telmisartan, ramipril, or both in patients at high risk for vascular events. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Salt intake, blood pressure and clinical outcomes. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Steven Hebert, renowned Yale nephrologist. In Memoriam (www.yale.edu)
  
• ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Large-Scale Analysis of Association Between LRP5 and LRP6 Variants and Osteoporosis (jama.ama-assn.org)
  
• FDA Adds Black Box to Amgen Anemia Drugs (biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Introduces Liberty Cycler(TM) to Home Therapy Industry Leaders (biz.yahoo.com)
  
• [Low sodium diet for dialysis patients: myth or reality?] (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: a practical approach to implementing quality reporting (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)