Successful Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Without Interruption of Their CKD6 Treatment Modality
Congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Valle and Barbara Kissane Valle RN, BSN, CNS (She is the Peritoneal Dialysis Co-ordinator), who in conjunction with Dr. Nestor Dela Cruz of The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine will have their groundbreaking study published next month in “Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis”. The study-the first ever-looked at successful gastric […]
Controlling Fluid Overload In Dialysis Patients
One focus of Kidney Week this week was controlling fluid overload in dialysis patients. Those patients chronically arriving to dialysis with more weight than is expected between treatments-or those admitted before they could get to dialysis -for this reason. A common problem among a certain percentage […]
Long Life Wisdom from George Burns via the Kidney Group
Good advice for a long life. Avoid the haters. “Whatever happens to you in life, whatever comes to you, welcome them with a I love it attitude. Develop a positive attitude. Don’t allow negative thoughts. Avoid mixing with negative people. Avoid watching the TV news. It’s not […]
Is Diabetes Your Destiny
We like Bonnie’s thinking on holding back diabetes. Read on. November 8, 2012 RSS Feed PrintBonnie Taub-DixMy father, my mother’s mother, and my brother were all affected by diabetes. Genetically, for me, that’s like waiting to be summoned for jury duty; you know you may eventually be called, but you don’t quite know when it […]
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EATING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MAY HELP KIDNEY PATIENTS
Eating More Fruits, Veggies May Help Kidney Patients FRIDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) — Some people with kidney disease can improve their health by adding fruits and vegetables to their diet, a new study indicates. A second study found that poor nutrition plays a role in the […]
THE LINK BETWEEN POOR SLEEP AND OBESITY
Building on research linking inadequate sleep to obesity and diabetes, scientists in a new study say they have figured out for the first time how that connection might work at the cellular level. In a small study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that not getting enough sleep hurts the ability […]
MARRIAGE, KIDNEYS, AND A NOBEL PRIZE-WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
The Nobel Prize in Economic Science was awarded Monday to two American economists, Lloyd Shapley and Alvin E. Roth, “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.” A big part of what Messrs. Shapley and Roth received the prize for was their research and writing on “matching theory.” Their work, especially […]
“DOC, WHY CAN’T YOU CUT MY HEMODIALYSIS TIME”
New study results on hemodialysis times and survival. Another reason we like the EVERDAY dialysis-Peritoneal Dialysis or Home Hemodialysis. But if you are in center 3 times a week, please read this. Hemodialysis patients have high rates of mortality that may be related to aspects of the dialytic procedure. In prior studies, shorter length dialysis […]
Osteoarthritis and Obesity
Arthritis is the single greatest cause of chronic pain and disability among Americans. Eighty percent of Americans either have or know someone with arthritis, and the numbers continue to escalate. Though there are more than 100 forms of arthritis, 54 percent of arthritis sufferers have osteoarthritis (OA), commonly […]
