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Last updated Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:03:03 -0600 GMT.

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• Reassessment of Albumin as a Nutritional Marker in Kidney Disease (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• High Fructose Corn Syrup and Metabolic Syndrome (www.medscape.com)
  
• Congratulations to Tom Parker, AAKP Medal of Excellence Winner for 2010 (www.aakp.org)
  
• Amelioration of metabolic acidosis in patients with low GFR reduced kidney endothelin production and kidney injury, and better preserved GFR. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Effects of Cinacalcet and Concurrent Low-Dose Vitamin D on FGF23 Levels in ESRD (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Predicting Six-Month Mortality for Patients Who Are on Maintenance Hemodialysis (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Elderly with Metabolic Syndrome and High Levels of C-Reactive Protein: Kahrizak Elderly Study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Blood lead level and kidney function in US adolescents: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Regeneration and the kidney. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Vascular calcification score on plain radiographs of the feet as a predictor of peripheral arterial disease in patients with chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Quality of life predicts risks of end-stage renal disease and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sugar-sweetened soda consumption, hyperuricemia, and kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill (www.cnn.com)
  
• Horseshoe Kidney in an 80 Year Old with Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Chronic kidney disease: Oral bicarbonate: renoprotective in CKD? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Kidney transplant success: Dr. Joseph Murray pioneered 55 years ago (news.google.com)
  
• Blood pressure in chronic kidney disease stage 5D-report from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes controversies conference. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• FGF23-parathyroid interaction: implications in chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Steve Fadem's Letter to CMS Regarding ESRD Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (nephron.com)
  
• Patients and Doctors Search the Web (www.renalandurologynews.com)
  
• Predicting Six-Month Mortality for Patients Who Are on Maintenance Hemodialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Inflammation modifies the association of osteoprotegerin with mortality in chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sevelamer and the bone-vascular axis in chronic kidney disease: bone turnover, inflammation, and calcification regulation. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Role of oxidants/inflammation in declining renal function in chronic kidney disease and normal aging. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Clinical relevance of FGF-23 in chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Changes in Hemoglobin Level Distribution in US Dialysis Patients From June 2006 to November 2008. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• U.S. House votes to boost Medicare pay to doctors (www.reutershealth.com)
  
• Nearly Half of Dialysis Clinics Do Not Specify Hemoglobin Range (news.google.com)
  
• Combined role of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate and microalbuminuria on the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Factors Associated With Death or Hospitalization Due to Pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Infection in California. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Nephronline: Merging reimbursement for home training into the proposed bundle is a serious mistake (nephronline.com)
  
• Large Study of Anemia Treatment in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Not on Dialysis Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Failed to Meet Primary Efficacy Endpoints (biz.yahoo.com)
  
• Medicare Rationing for Kidney Dialysis (news.google.com)
  
• Intensive Dialysis Doesn't Save Lives of the Sickest (news.google.com)
  
• Coronary Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Coronary Artery Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD (nephron.org)
  
• Patients and Dialysis Health Workers Urged to take the Flu Vaccine (nephron.org)
  
• Kidney Beginnings Live in Houston October 3 (nephron.com)
  
• 4 Houston Doctors Honored for Wellness Activities (houstonhealthbook.com)
  
• Weight Loss is Good for the Kidneys (www.eurekalert.org)
  
• Grady Hospital Dialysis Unit - Fly Patients to Their Home Country (www.ajc.com)
  
• 10 Years Sarcoma Free - Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation Honors Nephron.com Founder (www.sarcomacancer.org)
  
• CKD classification based on estimated GFR over three years and subsequent cardiac and mortality outcomes: a cohort study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• AAKP Seeking Nominations for 1010 Medal of Excellence Award (nephron.com)
  
• Chronic on Acute Renal Failure: Long-term Implications of Severe Acute Kidney Injury. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• FULL TEXT: Proposed Rule - Case Mix Adjusted Bundled Prospective Payment for ESRD - COMMENT BY NOV 16 (www.federalregister.gov)
  
• Kidney doctors question dialysis guidelines (news.google.com)
  
• US Cost-Saving Policy Forces New Kidney Transplant (news.google.com)
  
• GOING THE EXTRA MILE PROVED SUCCESSFUL FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS AND ITS 36TH ANNUAL CONVENTION (nephron.com)
  
• Randomized trial of cyclosporine and tacrolimus therapy with steroid withdrawal in living-donor renal transplantation: 5-year follow-up. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Protein intake and chronic kidney disease: literature review, 2003 to 2008. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS TO ITS NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ()
  
• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS HOST KIDNEY DISEASE EDUCATION PROGRAM IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (nephron.com)
  
• Overcorrection of hyponatremia is a medical emergency. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Would you sell a kidney in a regulated kidney market? Results of an exploratory study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• OIG audits of dialysis centers comparing ESAs billed for with ESAs ordered. (www.healthleadersmedia.com)
  
• Sharing the load? For profit Las Vegas dialysis centers turfing illegal immigrant patients to university hospital. (www.lvrj.com)
  
• KLOTHO Gene Polymorphisms G-395A and C1818T Are Associated with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Uric Acid in Japanese Hemodialysis Patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Glomerulonephritis: The Bad Guy Turns Good? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Autologous arteriovenous fistula creation by nephrologists. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Antioxidant enzymes show adaptation to oxidative stress in athletes and increased stress in hemodialysis patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Impact of chronic kidney disease on early (30-day) and late (1-year) outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with alternative antithrombotic treatment strategies: an ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Vascular mapping: does it help to maximize fistulae placement? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Cost-effectiveness of ACE inhibitor therapy to prevent dialysis in nondiabetic nephropathy: influence of the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Advanced Directives Initiative Should not Imperil Health Reform (www.medpagetoday.com)
  
• Six-month outcome in acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in the ICU: a multicentre prospective study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Incidence and progression of coronary calcification in chronic kidney disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• UNLIKE EACH DRUG ALONE, LISINOPRIL IF COMBINED WITH AVOSENTAN PROMOTES REGRESSION OF RENAL LESIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Non-infected hemodialysis catheters are associated with increased inflammation compared to arteriovenous fistulas. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Obams defends his plan at a town hall (www.bloomberg.com)
  
• HEMO study challenged (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• North Korea's Kim Jong-Il on Dialysis (www.google.com)
  
• Dialysis Unit Fire in Virginia (www.wset.com)
  
• Electronic health records in hospitals. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Adiponectin in chronic kidney disease has an opposite impact on protein-energy wasting and cardiovascular risk: two sides of the same coin. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Phosphate Removal With Several Thrice-Weekly Dialysis Methods in Overweight Hemodialysis Patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Daily dose of baking soda 'could stop kidney patients needing dialysis' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
  
• A blueprint for randomized trials targeting phosphorus metabolism in chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A confusional state associated with use of lanthanum carbonate in a dialysis patient: a case report. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) reflects iron status in haemodialysis patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• An Intradialysis Diagnostic Test for Restless Legs Syndrome: A Pilot Study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Review article: Risks of coronary artery calcification in chronic kidney disease: do the same rules apply? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation: a critical appraisal of the risks and benefits compared with other treatment alternatives. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Vascular smooth muscle cell calcification and SLC20 inorganic phosphate transporters: effects of PDGF, TNF-alpha, and Pi. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone in General Populations: Understandings in 2009 and Applications to Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Obama speaks to AMA on health care reform (blogs.wsj.com)
  
• One gene and kidney disease in blacks (www.kxan.com)
  
• Snoring Associated With Sleep Apnea May Impair Brain Function More Than Previously Thought (www.sciencedaily.com)
  
• Dispatch: Update: Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Infections --- California and Texas, April 2009 (www.cdc.gov)