Renal News
Crusader dedicated to kidney research
Date: 26 January
Source: Adelaide Now
DR DAVID Pugsley is a naturalised Australian who has devoted decades to improving the kidney health of Aborigines.
Rare kidney disease shows how salt, potassium levels are moderated
Date: 26 January
Source: HealthCanal.com
SAN ANTONIO — High blood pressure (hypertension) is a principal risk factor for heart disease and affects 1 billion people. At least half of them are estimated to be salt-sensitive; their blood pressure rises with sodium intake. New research released Jan. 22 shows important aspects of how sodium and potassium are regulated in the kidney.
Daniel a poster boy for donor campaign
Date: 24 January
Source: Brimbank Weekly
UNTIL three months ago, St Albans bricklayer Daniel Gluhak was as fit and healthy as any 30-year-old should be. Now, he visits Western Hospital at Footscray every second day for four hours of renal dialysis.
Renal dialysis unit opens
Date: 23 January
Source: Gladstone Observer
THE Gladstone Hospital's renal dialysis unit was officially opened today. Patient Trevor Roberts, who launched the 'HELP Get Dialysis In Gladstone' Facebook page, said it was a relief to be sitting in the dialysis chair in Gladstone at long last.
Doctors call for Medicare funds to trial cheap cures
Date: 23 January
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
THE national health budget is being derailed by expensive drugs and surgical practices that do not live up to their claimed benefits, say specialist doctors who are calling for new federal research funds to evaluate cheaper and simpler treatments not promoted by industry.
Kidney Dysfunction Found to be Associated with Cognitive Decline in Women
Date: 17 January
Source: HealthCanal.com
Boston, MA - End stage renal disease (ESRD) has been previously linked to increased risk for cognitive deficits, but whether earlier kidney dysfunction predicts cognitive decline is less well defined. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have identified an independent association between early kidney dysfunction and a faster decline in cognitive function. These findings were published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology in January 2012.
Groups split on remote dialysis treatment
Date: 17 January
Source: The Australian
THE three governance organisations operating on South Australia's Aboriginal lands are split over the provision of renal dialysis in remote communities, preventing a unified response to the state government's refusal to establish a permanent service.
Outback kidney patients facing ground zero for dialysis
Date: 16 January
Source: The Australian
LIVING nearly 450km from his homelands at Ernabella, dialysis patient Kinyin McKenzie has slept under a tree or a veranda in a town camp in Alice Springs for the past three years.
For some in need, Facebook is route to new kidney
Date: 2 January
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Here's another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: It's a great place to find a kidney. Between the children's photos and reminiscences about high school, more and more pleas for help from people with failing kidneys are popping up. Facebook and other social media sites are quickly becoming a go-to place to find a generous person with a kidney to spare, according to the people asking for help and some national organizations that facilitate matches.
Unexplained kidney disease affecting rural workers across Central America, PRI's 'The World' reports
Date: 14 December
Source: News-Medical.net
PRI's "The World" reports on an epidemic of an unexplained kidney disease that is affecting rural workers across Central America, writing, "[I]t's the second biggest cause of death among men in El Salvador, and in Nicaragua it's a bigger killer of men than HIV and diabetes combined," and "the latest theory is that the victims are literally working themselves to death." According to the news service, "El Salvador's health minister recently called on the international community for help," stating that "the epidemic is 'wasting away our populations.'"
Kidney Patients at For-Profit Dialysis Centers Less Likely to Get Transplants
Date: 13 December
Source: HealthCanal.com
Kidney disease patients treated at for-profit dialysis centers are 20 percent less likely to be informed about transplant options and referred for the potentially lifesaving operation than those at nonprofit centers, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.
Perfect match in every sense
Date: 8 December
Source: Coolum News
EAST Ballina couple John and Shirley Leon are compatible enough to have been married for 49 years. But the best news was their kidneys were compatible too.
Father, son recover after kidney surgery
Date: 5 December
Source: Otago Daily Times
Richie Johnston (29), of Wanaka, is a live kidney donor. He gave one of his organs to his father, Rob Johnston, on November 7. Now, he is preparing to resume his snowboard instructing career. He talks about his experience with reporter Marjorie Cook.
Nelson kidney donor did not let fear stop her
Date: 3 December
Source: stuff.co.nz
Altruistic organ donors are a rarity in New Zealand but a Nelson woman who donated her kidney to a stranger is hoping her experience will help others see anybody can do it.
Friend donates kidney to save Moy
Date: 28 November
Source: Sunshine Coast Daily
HE HAS been part of her life for years and soon that may become permanent. Noosa identity Moy Sweetman, founder of charity group Frangipani Dreams, has revealed writer and freelance journalist Tommy Leitch as the man who will donate one of his kidneys to save her life.
New renal services centre signed off
Date: 25 November
Source: Hawkes Bay Today
The sign-off has been given for Hawke's Bay to consolidate its renal services into one centre in Hastings as part of a $1.7 million project to be completed by 2015.
Research aims to prevent diabetic kidney failure
Date: 23 November
Source: VirtualMedicalCentre.com
The enzyme arginase-2 plays a major role in kidney failure, and blocking the action of this enzyme might lead to protection against renal disease in diabetes, according to researchers.
Study Demonstrates Detection of Acute Kidney Injury Possible Within Hours of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Date: 22 November
Source: HealthCanal.com
Up to 40 percent of adults and children who have cardiac surgery develop acute kidney injury (AKI), often with deadly consequences. That's partially because it takes several days to determine if the test used to diagnose AKI for 50 years is abnormal – too late to prevent kidney failure.
Tumut self-care dialysis unit delayed
Date: 30 November
Source: ABC News
A renal dialysis unit at Tumut hospital will not be opening by the end of the year, as originally announced by the Murrumbidgee Local Health District.
Renal unit eases patient burden
Date: 19 November
Source: Gladstone Observer
TREVOR Roberts spends three hours three days a week travelling to and from Rockhampton to receive renal dialysis. Which means, apart from the inconvenience, he spends a lot of money on fuel and finds it hard to hold down a job with such limited availability.
Katherine dialysis unit likely to get the go-ahead
Date: 17 November
Source: ABC News
A proposed dialysis unit in Katherine is likely to go ahead as planned despite the concerns of residents and the Town Council. Country Liberal politician Willem Westra van Holthe was accused of being a racist by the Northern Territory Chief Minister when he voiced concern the dialysis facility might drive down property prices and bring itinerants too close to homes and a school.
New Study in NEJM Offers Hope to Lupus Patients with Kidney Disease
Date: 17 November
Source: HealthCanal.com
Nephrologists at the Miller School of Medicine have played a key role in an international study that has uncovered an effective therapy for treating patients with lupus nephritis, a debilitating kidney disease linked to lupus.
Intensive therapy halves kidney disease in type 1 diabetes
Date: 14 November
Source: HealthCanal.com
Controlling blood glucose early in the course of type 1 diabetes yields huge dividends, preserving kidney function for decades. The new finding from a study funded by the National Institutes of Health was published online in the New England Journal of Medicine Nov. 12 to coincide with presentation at a scientific meeting.
Lengthening Kidney Dialysis Treatments Could Reduce Mortality
Date: 12 November
Source: HealthCanal.com
Kidney dialysis is a life-saving treatment but doctors have been frustrated by the high death rate among people who spend as much as a dozen hours a week hooked to machines that help flush fluid out of the body.
New renal unit opening welcomed
Date: 11 November
Source: Young Witness
More than 18 months of community fundraising has come to fruition with Young's new self-managed renal unit welcoming its first client on Monday. The renal unit will allow residents to undergo dialysis in the local area rather than having to travel to Canberra after more than $100,000 was raised by the community.
Dialysis patients get a Busselton holiday
Date: 9 November
Source: Busselton Mail
EVER felt like you were stuck in one place? Due to vital daily treatments, many people on dialysis literally are. Kidney Health Australia is trying to change that – on Sunday, carloads of dialysis patients turned up in Busselton for a much-needed holiday, as part of the Kidney Health Australia Henry Giblett Adult Holiday Dialysis Program.
Research aims to prevent diabetic kidney failure
Date: 4 November
Source: HealthCanal.com
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The enzyme arginase-2 plays a major role in kidney failure, and blocking the action of this enzyme might lead to protection against renal disease in diabetes, according to researchers.
Health minister promises consultation on renal services
Date: 3 November
Source: Guardian News
Nambucca Valley residents are continuing to push for the establishment of a dialysis unit at Macksville Hospital. The local community has supported the cause through fundraising, said Nambucca Valley Dialysis Fund committee member Rona Freeman.
Episodes of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Diabetic Patients Associated With
Date: 1 November
Source: HealthCanal.com
CINCINNATI—Findings from a recent University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center study show that multiple episodes of acute kidney injury during hospital stays for patients with diabetes are associated with a risk for developing chronic kidney disease.
Rare procedure saves Mudgee organ recipient's life
Date: 31 October
Source: Mudgee Guardian
Stop thinking and start doing. That's the advice 32-year-old Mudgee man Mark Konemann is offering to anyone who has ever considered donating or receiving an organ – and a small, faint pink scar below his belly button may be the only giveaway that he is speaking from personal experience.
Progress towards $1m dialysis unit
Date: 27 October
Source: Cooma-Monaro Express
Progress is being made towards improved renal dialysis services in Cooma following a meeting on Thursday. The Monaro regional dialysis group said they were happy about recent developments concerning the promised $1 million renal dialysis unit.
Dialysis patients finally able to take a holiday
Date: 26 October
Source: 774 ABC Melbourne
The strict routine that goes with kidney dialysis means that it is often hard for patients to take a holiday or get away for a few days. Well all that may be about to change.
Women can have successful pregnancy after kidney transplantation
Date: 21 October
Source: News-Medical.net
A new study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that the ability to successfully carry a pregnancy after kidney transplantation is very high, with 73.5% live birth rates.
Improving dialysis treatment
Date: 19 October
Source: HealthCanal.com
University scientists are set to lead a major new European-wide training and research network designed to improve treatment for patients needing dialysis for kidney failure.
Son to donate a kidney to his father
Date: 17 October
Source: Otago Daily Times
Snowboard instructor Richie Johnston (29) says the decision to donate a kidney to his father, Rob Johnston, next month was an easy one to make.
Time trends in initiation of chronic dialysis in the U.S.
Date: 12 October
Source: News-Medical.net
It has become increasingly clear that patients in the United States are starting dialysis at higher and higher levels of kidney function. A team of researchers, led by Dr. Ann O'Hare, University of Washington associate professor of medicine and affiliate investigator at Group Health Research Institute, set out recently to find out what this means for patients, and how much earlier patients are starting dialysis compared with past practices.
Dialysis in demand at Bankstown Hospital
Date: 12 October
Source: Canterbury Bankstown Express
THE Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital welcomed $353,760 worth of improvements to its Dialysis Unit on Thursday. The expanded unit now includes an additional five dialysis chairs for a new total of 17, which will operate six days a week.
Nephrologists Discover Key Link Between Kidney Disease and Heart Disease
Date: 11 October
Source: HealthCanal.com
A team of researchers has discovered a key factor in the cause of heart disease in patients with kidney disease. Led by Christian Faul, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and cell biology, and Myles Wolf, M.D., M.M.Sc, associate professor of medicine and director of clinical research in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, an international group of researchers and clinicians showed for the first time that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 23 directly induces left ventricular hypertrophy.
Mobile dialysis trials begin in Aboriginal lands
Date: 7 October
Source: ABC PM (transcript)
MARK COLVIN: South Australian's first mobile kidney dialysis trial has begun in the state's far north Aboriginal lands.
APY mobile dialysis trial starts
Date: 4 October
Source: ABC News
The South Australian Government's first mobile dialysis trial begins in the APY Lands today, in the state's far north.
Renal unit is ready for business
Date: 30 September
Source: Fraser Coast Chronicle
MARYBOROUGH Hospital's new $3 million satellite renal unit will start treating patients on October 10. The long-awaited opening date, exclusively revealed to the Chronicle yesterday by Minister for Health Geoff Wilson, means patients will no longer have to travel to Hervey Bay or Gympie several times a week for treatment.
New renal unit opens at Rockhampton hospital
Date: 29 September
Source: ABC News
Patients at Rockhampton hospital in central Queensland say they are delighted with new facilities that officially opened yesterday.
Dialysis service should be permanent, says APY group
Date: 26 September
Source: National Indigenous Times
A permanent renal dialysis service should be made available to local communities in the APY Lands in South Australia's far north west, community groups have said. A Federal Government study released in June recommended renal dialysis be set up in remote communities in the long-term and a mobile service made available in the meantime.
Fight kidney disease with weight, not water: prof
Date: 26 September
Source: Otago Daily Times
Drinking lots of water will not protect your kidneys from disease, but avoiding being overweight might. That is the message from British kidney researcher and specialist Prof Peter Mathieson, who said in Dunedin yesterday there was a need for increased awareness of kidney disease.
They gave our mother a man's name tag, then she died
Date: 25 September
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
On the night of her admission to Westmead Hospital, a dialysis patient, Anka ''Annie'' Dukich, saw something disturbing. ''I'm a man!'' she said to one of her daughters, pointing to her identity wristband.
Two-day break from dialysis increases risk
Date: 24 September
Source: Renal Business Today
MINNEAPOLIS—Hemodialysis patients are at a heightened risk in the long, 2-day period in between dialysis treatments, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
New insights into nephrotic syndrome and high blood pressure
Date: 23 September
Source: News-Medical.net
The kidney performs several vital functions. It filters blood, removes waste products from the body, balances the body's fluids, and releases hormones that regulate blood pressure. A number of diseases and conditions can damage the kidney's filtration apparatus, such as diabetes and immune disorders. This damage leads to a condition called nephrotic syndrome, which is characterized by protein in the urine, high cholesterol and triglycerides, and swelling (edema). People with nephrotic syndrome retain salt and water in their bodies and develop swelling and high blood pressure as a result.
Push for renal dialysis machine goes public
Date: 22 September
Source: Nambucca Guardian News
The push for a renal dialysis unit to be introduced to Macksville hospital was launched at a public meeting on September 12. The meeting agreed Oxley MP Andrew Stoner should be approached to lend his support to have a dialysis unit for Macksville made a top-level priority.
Indigenous Aust more likely to suffer kidney disease: report
Date: 16 September
Source: ABC World Today (transcript)
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says that Indigenous Australians are far more likely to suffer from chronic kidney disease and are also more likely to die from it.
Chronic kidney disease set to soar in Aust
Date: 14 September
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Demand for kidney transplants and dialysis is expected to soar by 2020 amid a spike in diabetics developing chronic kidney disease and needing treatment. The total number of Australians being treated for end-stage kidney disease is forecast to rise by up to 80 per cent to about 4300 in the coming decade.
Nephrologists Discover Key to Kidney Disease Progression
Date: 12 September
Source: HealthCanal.com
The Miller School's Jochen Reiser, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, has made another important discovery in the fight against progressive kidney disease, this one published in today's online edition of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Cash prescription for health projects
Date: 10 September
Source: Gisborne Herald
THE Government has agreed to a $2.1 million financial package that will enable Tairawhiti District Health to bring forward three important projects in this financial year.
APY Lands to get mobile dialysis service
Date: 8 September
Source: ABC News
An Aboriginal women's group says mobile dialysis trials to begin soon in South Australia's remote Aboriginal lands are a step in the right direction.
Kidney transplant at Monash Medical Centre strengthens couple's bond
Date: 5 September
Source: The Waverley Leader
AFTER 48 years with his wife Beverley, Barry Weeks faced one of his toughest decisions. Mrs Weeks had struggled with for a year, before her most crushing blow six months ago when she was told she would be placed on dialysis.
FDA Warning: Osteoporosis Drug Reclast Raises Kidney Failure Risk
Date: 3 September
Source: The Inquisitr
The FDA this week has put out a warning to users of the Novartis created osteoporosis drug Reclast (zoledronic acide), stating that the drug has been shown to cause an increase in the number of patients experiencing kidney failure.
New blood cleaning service begins
Date: 2 September
Source: SunLive
Whakatane Hospital is now able to provide a dialysis service as a new six-station satellite renal unit's been installed on site.
Hostel for dialysis patients ends living it rough
Date: 1 September
Source: ABC News
A new hostel has opened in Alice Springs, offering 40 places for people travelling from remote Northern Territory communities for dialysis treatment.
Cause for Racial Disparities in Kidney Failure Explained
Date: 31 August
Source: HealthCanal.com
ATLANTA – Emory University researchers have found that African Americans are more likely to excrete protein in their urine than whites, a condition that may contribute to a much higher incidence of kidney failure in African Americans.
Macksville community pushes for dialysis unit
Date: 25 August
Source: Nambucca Guardian News
Inspired by a promise made to her son, Rona Freeman, along with other Nambucca Valley residents, is pushing for a renal dialysis unit to be established at Macksville hospital.
Rethink on Cooma satellite dialysis
Date: 25 August
Source: Cooma-Monaro Express
SOUTHERN NSW Local Health Network professionals and politicians met with the Monaro renal dialysis group and patients at the Cooma Hospital on Monday to discuss the future of a pre-election promise for a $1 million satellite renal dialysis centre at Cooma. Community care is now being considered in place of a satellite centre.
Drug effective for treating chronic kidney disease
Date: 24 August
Source: Virtual Medical Centre
Chronic kidney disease is a progressive loss of kidney function over a period of months or years that can be caused by a number of conditions, including diabetes and high blood pressure. Bruce Spinowitz, M.D., associate chairman, Department of Medicine, and associate director, Nephrology, New York Hospital Queens, served as a principal investigator in a phase 2 study of a medication's effect on kidney disease and diabetes.
Alice Springs dialysis centre angered by funding change
Date: 18 August
Source: The Age
AN ACCLAIMED Alice Springs dialysis centre, established with the help of million-dollar sales of Aboriginal art in Sydney, Paris and London, faces a loss of its Commonwealth funding.
Higher bills hitting home dialysis
Date: 16 August
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
State governments are being urged to increase subsidies for patients undergoing kidney dialysis at home as many struggle with spiralling electricity bills.
Locals at odds with Govt on dialysis service
Date: 12 August
Source: ABC News
Aboriginal community groups from the APY Lands in South Australia's far north-west say a permanent renal dialysis service should be made available to locals.
Research worth its salt
Date: 11 August
Source: stuff.co.nz
Ground-breaking research at Middlemore Hospital could help save the lives of hundreds of dialysis patients here and overseas. Counties Manukau Health Board is receiving $1.17 million over the next three years for a study that aims to lower blood pressure and improve the heart condition of haemodialysis patients.
An act of love, no kidneying
Date: 10 August
Source: Herald Sun
JOHN and Jeanette Caldwell celebrated an anniversary yesterday unlike any other. It was 20 years to the day that John donated a kidney to his wife. By doing so, they became the first couple in Victoria to take part in a successful husband-wife kidney transplant.
Renal stenting
Date: 8 August
Source: ABC Online
A non-surgical interventional radiology technique can benefit kidney failure patients undergoing dialysis. Research showed that a stent graft keeps dialysis access open for at least six months longer than balloon angioplasty.
Kidney Preserving Surgery Saves Bone Health
Date: 6 August
Source: HealthCanal.com
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on how surgery impacts both chronic kidney disease and bone health, particularly in women. For the first time, their findings point to the importance of pursuing kidney-sparing surgery in an effort to preserve kidney function and to reduce the risk of bone fractures later in life.
Kidney disease no barrier for Brodie
Date: 5 August
Source: Ararat Advertiser
ARARAT - The recently announced Federal Government $1.25 million dialysis upgrade at East Grampians Health Service will help people with kidney disease, such as 15 year old Brodie Hunter. Brodie has battled with kidney disease since he was born and relies on dialysis for survival.
Doctors urge compensation on kidney transplant
Date: 4 August
Source: The Age
AUSTRALIANS should be able to sell their kidneys or at least be compensated to boost transplant rates, doctors say. In response to calls in Britain yesterday for people to be paid an average year's salary for kidney donations, Medical Director of Kidney Health Australia Tim Mathew said if Australians supported the idea, payment for donation should be given a trial.
New alternative to immunosuppressive treatment after kidney transplants without severe side effects
Date: 3 August
Source: News-Medical.net
There is now a new alternative to immunosuppressive treatment after kidney transplants which comes without the usual severe side effects. The Medical University was significantly involved in the clinical development of the active ingredient Belatacept and a suitable preparation has now been given EU-wide authorisation.
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