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In Canada, earlier start of dialysis therapy associated with increased mortality risk.
CMAJ: Interpretation: : In Canada, dialysis is being initiated at increasingly higher levels of glomerular filtration rate. A higher glomerular filtration rate at initiation of dialysis is associated with an increased risk of death that is not fully explained by differences in baseline characteristics.

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Psychological and parenting issues related to genetic testing of newborns for inherited disease proclivities.
EurekAlert: Mandatory genetic screening of newborns for rare diseases is creating unexpected upheaval for families whose infants test positive for risk factors but show no immediate signs of the diseases, a new UCLA study warns. "Although newborn screening undoubtedly saves lives, some families are thrown on a journey of great uncertainty," said UCLA sociology professor Stefan Timmermans, the study's lead author. "Rather than providing clear-cut diagnoses, screening of an entire population has created ambiguity about whether infants truly have a disease — and even what the disease is."

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Starting dialysis early ups death risk - Times of India
Times of India
A new study has suggested that patients who are starting dialysis too early are at an increased risk of death. Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a test ...
Kidney dialysis can start too early Los Angeles Times
Starting Dialysis Too Early Linked to Increased Mortality Risk Medscape
Association between estimated glomerular filtration rate at initiation of

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Artificial kidney invented! - Healthcare Digital (press release)
Healthcare Digital (press release)
If the device that was successfully tested in animals shows promise in human trials, it would do away with the need for dialysis and kidney transplantation,

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Is there a need to further subclassify pT2 renal cell cancers as implemented ... - UroToday
UroToday
The recently modified TNM classification of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (7th edition) has implemented a subdivision of pT2 tumours into stage pT2a (>7 or

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