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In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failur...
Xanthelasma (or xanthelasma palpebrarum) is a sharply demarcated yellowish collection of cholesterol underneath the skin, usually on or around the eyelids. Although not harmful or painful, these min...
Located under your left lung, beneath the diaphragm, the spleen has two functions; lymphocyte production (which takes place in the white pulp) and filtration of the blood by phagocytes to remove mic...
The menopause is a natural event for all women; the ovaries no longer produce estrogen and progesterone. This can be due to natural aging (usual age of onset is 51 years), or through chemotherapy an...
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Loves Park, IL (PRWEB) February 13, 2013 The new wastewater treatment system at Lee, MA allows the plant to meet more stringent requirements for removing phosphorus from its wastewater to an averag...
Frequent dialysis poses risks for kidney disease patients
Compared with standard dialysis, frequent dialysis can cause complications related to repeated access to the blood, requiring patients to undergo more repair procedures to the site through which blood...
Helping pigs to digest phosphorus
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Research conducted at the University of Illinois has determined how adding various levels of the enzyme phytase to...
Engineering phosphorus metabolism in plants to produce a dual fertilization and weed control system
López-Arredondo and Herrera-Estrella produce transgenic plants that express a bacterial phosphite-oxidoreductase gene to enable use of phosphite as a sole phosphorus source. This technology could red...
Dietary shifts driving up phosphorus use
(McGill University) Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fueled a sharp increase in the amount of mined phosphorus used to produce the food consumed by the average person over the course of a ye...
The protein kinase Pstol1 from traditional rice confers tolerance of phosphorus deficiency
As an essential macroelement for all living cells, phosphorus is indispensable in agricultural production systems. Natural phosphorus reserves are limited, and it is therefore important to develop pho...
Timeline: Medicare Payment for Dialysis
Medicare spending for outpatient dialysis and injectable drugs administered during dialysis was about $9.2 billion in 2009 and is a predominant share of revenues for dialysis facilities. According to...
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the initiation of a Phase 2 study of Zerenex™ (ferric citrate), the Company's ferric iron-based phosphate binder drug candidate, in managing serum phosphorus...
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Use of cardio-ankle vascular index in chronic dialysis patients.
Eur J Clin Invest 2010 Abstract Background Arterial stiffness is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, particularly in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage...
Outcomes Associated With Phosphorus Binders in Men With Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD.
BACKGROUND:: Phosphorus binders are used to treat hyperphosphatemia in maintenance dialysis patients, in whom the use of these medications has been associated with lower mortality in some observationa...
Avoiding a Cutdown-Use of the Transcatheter Extractor in Removal of Tunneled Dialysis Catheters.
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the use of a transcatheter extractor (TCE) device in removing cuffed tunneled dialysis catheters without a surgical cutdown. We report eight cases where a TCE...
Mineral and bone disorder in Chinese dialysis patients: a multicenter study.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Mineral and bone disorder (MBD) in patients with chronic kidney disease is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Studies regarding the status of MBD treatment in dev...
BACKGROUND: High levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) are associated with mortality and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Reducing dietary phosphorus intake lowers FGF23 secretion...
