Aging in the eye predicts risk for kidney failure Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTRetinal age is a validated biomarker of overall aging. It is defined as the difference between model-based retinal age and chronological age. At an...
Hyderabad: NIMS doctors perform four kidney transplants in 24 hours Adity Saha23 Dec 2022 11:00 AM ISTHyderabad: The doctors at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) Hospital in Hyderabad have achieved an impressive feat by successfully...
Aging in eye can predict kidney failure risk: Study Roshni Dhar7 Dec 2022 6:30 PM ISTThere is a pressing need to identify early predictive biomarkers of kidney failure, given its associated substantial morbidity and mortality. Ageing...
Health Bulletin 7/December/2022 Roshni Dhar7 Dec 2022 4:47 PM ISTHere are the top health stories for the day:NEET SS counselling 2022: MCC notifies on registration, fees, counselling processThe Medical Counselling...
Dapagliflozin effective from clinical standpoint as well as cost standpoint for CKD patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 Nov 2022 9:30 AM ISTThe burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) to both healthcare systems and patients is considerable. Dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2...
Kidney transplant prolongs life expectancy across patient ages compared to continued dialysis: JAMA Medha Baranwal29 Oct 2022 9:00 AM ISTAustria: Kidney transplant lenthghens the survival time in kidney failure patients across all ages and waiting times, a recent study in JAMA Network...
First robotic kidney transplant at Govt facility performed at Safdarjung Hospital Roshni Dhar25 Sept 2022 4:01 PM ISTA 39-year-old man underwent a robotic kidney transplant at Safdarjung hospital here, which doctors claimed to be the first such surgery to have been...
Gambia probes suspected paracetamol syrup link to dozens of child deaths Ruchika Sharma10 Sept 2022 2:59 PM IST"Dozens of children have died in the last three months," Bittaye told Reuters by phone. "Autopsies suggest the possibility of paracetamol."
Among elderly with advanced CKD quality of life stabilized after initiation of dialysis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Aug 2022 10:00 AM IST In a study published in CJASN that included older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease, mental and physical health-related quality of life...
Genetic screening algorithm could identify people with kidney disease risk Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Jun 2022 6:45 AM IST"With this polygenic method, we can identify individuals at risk decades before the onset of kidney disease, and those with high risk might adopt...
Researchers identify new tool that eliminates race as determining factor for diagnosing Kidney failure Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli16 Jun 2022 9:00 AM ISTSince 2009, the most commonly used blood test to evaluate kidney function has used equations that include race as a determining factor. The equations...
Vaccination protects patients on dialysis from severe COVID-19 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 Jun 2022 6:15 AM ISTWashington, DC: In an analysis of patients with kidney failure receiving dialysis who had become infected with SARS-CoV-2, those who were vaccinated...
