A new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology warns that large fluctuations in blood pressure every day could be a sign of increased risk of premature death among African Americans who are suffering from kidney disease. The findings highlight the importance of routine blood pressure monitoring in patients with kidney disease, and they suggest that treatments that address large fluctuations may improve health. African ...
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A key indicator of acute kidney injury has been discovered by a team of scientists. Acute kidney injury, a common and serious complication of hospitalization, is on the increase worldwide, affecting an estimated 6 percent of all hospitalized patients and 30-40 percent of adults and children having cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. "Semaphorin 3A appears to be a sensitive biomarker that we believe will give physicians an early and accurate heads-up that their ...
Sleep loss might be an early warning of Alzheimer's disease according to a recent research at Washington University School of Medicine. Sleep is affected in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The findings of the latest research suggest that sleep problems could as well be markers for the initiation of the disease. Previous experiments on mice have revealed that a link exists between sleep loss and beta amyloid plaques in the brain, which is ...
