Category: Kidney And Urinary Disorders
Risk for cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome is linked to behavior, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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CKM stands for cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome, and Chiadi Ndumele, a Johns Hopkins cardiologist and chair of the American Heart Association writing committee that described the syndrome, says while people’s choices determine much of their risk to develop it, it’s …
Just how big a risk is CKM syndrome? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome, or CKM, is a holistic approach to integrating a number of conditions that work together to negatively impact health and longevity. That’s according to Chiadi Ndumele, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins and head of the writing …
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Post Transplant and Covid
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Anchor lead: How risky is Covid-19 for transplant recipients? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who’ve gotten organ transplants experienced more severe Covid-19 disease than many others at the beginning of the pandemic, but Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins, …
Immunocompromise
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Anchor lead: People whose immune systems aren’t completely functional may have more Covid-19 worries, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who’ve gotten organ transplants take medicines to keep their immune systems from rejecting the organ, and this unfortunately also dampens their response …
Using More Kidneys
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Anchor lead: Expanding criteria for using kidneys for transplant is possible, Elizabeth Tracey reports Kidneys that have sustained acute kidney injury, known as AKI, will most often recover and function well when transplanted, a study led by Chirag Parikh, director …
No Knowledge
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Anchor lead: Would you accept a less than perfect kidney transplant? Elizabeth Tracey reports When people are on kidney transplant lists, life is often a struggle. Frequent dialysis can define their lives, and each day brings worsening kidney disease. Now …