HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — An automated artificial
kidney that can be worn on the body may one day be to dialysis patients
what the insulin pump is to diabetes patients.

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Reuters - Treatment with everolimus can
significantly improve the progression-free survival of patients
with advanced kidney cancer that has not responded to other
treatments, according to a report in the online issue of The
Lancet.

Continue reading " New drug prolongs survival of advanced kidney cancer (Reuters) "

HealthDay - MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — After having a heart attack, people
with kidney disease are less likely to receive recommended medications, a
new study finds.

Continue reading " Kidney Patients Less Likely to Get Heart Attack Meds (HealthDay) "

Reuters - Morbidly obese adults who
undergo a particular type of stomach bypass surgery called
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) appear to be at increased risk
of developing kidney stones earlier than previously thought.
The increase in stone risk was evident just three months after
the surgery.

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HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — An automated artificial
kidney that can be worn on the body may one day be to dialysis patients
what the insulin pump is to diabetes patients.

Continue reading " Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis (HealthDay) "

HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — An automated artificial
kidney that can be worn on the body may one day be to dialysis patients
what the insulin pump is to diabetes patients.

Continue reading " Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis (HealthDay) "

AP - Governors from the coal fields of West Virginia to the corn fields of Iowa talked Sunday at their summer meeting about moving beyond ethanol produced just from food sources.

Continue reading " Governors talk of moving beyond corn-based ethanol (AP) "

AP - An autistic man who could barely speak and had wandered off without medicine for his transplanted kidney likely had just hours to live when he was found after a week in the woods, a doctor said.

Continue reading " Autistic man recovering after 7 days in Wis. woods "