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• Luciano Pavarotti Dead

  Published: September 6, 2007, 1:26 am

  Tags: General News, Luciano Pavarotti, Luciano Pavarotti Dead, Luciano Pavarotti Died, Luciano Pavarotti Kidney Failure, Luciano Pavarotti Pancreatic Cancer

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• Higher death rates in kidney patients with newly recognized disease

  Published: September 28, 2007, 8:16 am

  Tags: Health, Death Rates, Kidney Failure, Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

  Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a newly identified debilitating and painful condition that affects patients with kidney failure and is characterized by a thickening and hardening of the skin.

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• Chronic kidney disease common in United States

  Published: November 7, 2007, 9:33 am

  Tags: Health, Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Failure

  There is a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States, which has risen over the past decade, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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• Principal to donate kidney to student

  Published: November 21, 2007, 8:44 am

  Tags: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Focalsegmentalglomerulosclerosis, Franklin Middle School, Franklin New Hampshire, Franklinmiddleschool, Franklinnewhampshire, Kidney Donation, Kidney Failure, Kidneydonation, Kidneyfailure, Principal Kidney, Principalkidney

  has agreed to donate a kidney to a 13-year-old student.His student, Morgan Corliss, was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis at the age of four. The disease prevents her kidneys from doing its job of filtering out impurities. After spleen and gall bladder surgery in January, Morgan lost about 85% of her kidney function. She's

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• Coagulation protein tPA wears new hat

  Published: November 23, 2007, 1:33 pm

  Tags: Health, Kidney Failure, Liver Fibrosis

  Permanent kidney failure due to any cause is almost always accompanied by significant scarring, a disease state termed renal fibrosis. Protein accumulation in the kidney is responsible for fibrosis, including the deposition of the protein collagen by specialized cells named fibroblasts.

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• Improving Access to Bloodstream for Kidney Dialysis

  Published: May 23, 2008, 7:06 am

  Tags: Health, Kidney Disease Treatment, Kidney Failure

  Reducing early blockages in bloodstream access for kidney failure treatment does not increase the likelihood that the access will function adequately for long-term treatments, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Results were published May 14, 2008, in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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