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US Medical Students Are Rejecting Kidney Careers - RedOrbit |
RedOrbit
Despite this growing health problem, every year fewer US medical students adopt nephrology as a career, according to a review appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The review by ASN Workforce
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Hotspur Technologies' IQCath Catheter Receives CE Mark - PR Newswire (press release) |
PR Newswire (press release)
Over 2 million patients worldwide require dialysis due to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) with annual expenditures for dialysis products and services forecasted to be over $65 billion, making it one of the most costly segments of medical care.
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Statins May Pose Risks for Dialysis Patients - HealthNewsDigest.com |
HealthNewsDigest.com
A new analysis of kidney dialysis patients by an Oregon State University researcher suggests they may not be good candidates for statins, a widely used class of drugs for lowering high cholesterol. After analyzing the findings from three large,
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ACE-I Lowers the Risk for Renal Disease in Obese Patients - Medscape |
Medscape
Among participants randomly assigned to receive placebo, obese patients had a substantially higher incidence rate of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than overweight patients (24 vs 11 events/100 person-years) or those with normal BMI (10 events/100
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Many Dialysis Patients Short on 'Health Literacy' - Health.com |
Health.com
THURSDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) — About one in six kidney dialysis patients in the United States doesn't understand health information that's important for their well-being, a new study says. Researchers found that 41 of the 260 dialysis patients (16
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