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View Post: Thinking Made Easy: Chronic kidney disease
26 Oct 2009 by Marivic Butod  
Title/Programme: Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Journal: American Journal of Kidney Discovery Year of publication: ... By stage, an estimated 5.9 million individuals (3.3%) had stage 1 (persistent albuminuria with a normal GFR), 5.3 million (3.0%) had stage 2 (persistent albuminuria with a GFR of 60 to 89 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), 7.6 million (4.3%) had stage 3 ...
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View Post: Valproic acid (Depakote) could treat polycystic kidney disease ...
2 Dec 2009 by pillscribe  
PKD cysts can profoundly enlarge the kidneys while replacing much of the normal structure, resulting in reduced kidney function and leading to kidney failure. A genetic disorder, PKD causes kidneys to fail—which usually happens after ...
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View Post: Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease: Reduced Renal ...
30 Nov 2009
Yet as kidney function regresses (over a period of time), chronic kidney disease ensues and disrupts kidney function. This action brings about an improper balance of chemicals, electrolytes, and nutrients within the body and a domino-effect of signs and symptoms emerge. ... Metabolic Acidosis. Metabolic acidosis is a condition in which the blood becomes more acidic than normal. This condition alters the way the body performs its metabolic reactions. ...
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View Post: Official Health News: Diet Soda Is Not A Good Alternative To 'Regular'
2 Nov 2009 by Dr. Patrick and Julia Havey  
Women who drank two or more diet sodas a day had a 30% drop in a measure of kidney function during the lengthy study follow-up, according to research presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology in San ...
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View Post: How exercise helps patients with peripheral artery disease
3 Dec 2009 by Ani  
Known as angiogenesis, this naturally occurring process comes to the rescue when an injury or artery blockage leaves normal tissue starved for blood. Arany had previously discovered that when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation, PCG-1alpha senses dangerously low ... November 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Poor kidney function may increase an individual's risk for suffering heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease and early death, reveals a new study. ...
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View Post: KIDNEY FUNCTION.. BY GLAMISTHEBEST
30 Nov 2009 by restored  
Amazingly, such people are still able to lead normal lives, without any adverse effects to their health Key Kidney Functions. If you asked anyone what is the function of the kidney, they might respond by saying that it produces urine. ...
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View Post: Food Safety News - Global Food Safety News & Information ...
2 Dec 2009 by sschreck@foodsafetynews.com (Suzanne Schreck)  
Kelly was told her kidney function was only 50 percent of normal. Already worried about her husband and father being in harm's way in the Middle East, Kelly now had to inform them that she, too, faced a potentially life-threatening ...
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View Post: The Truth About Detoxification
30 Nov 2009 by admin  
In this stage you will be renewing your digestive lining and replacing your bad bacteria with healthy ones to improve digestive function. Also there will be support of your kidney function with products to alkalize your body. ...
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View Post: Diabetes « Healthy Living
9 hours ago by thenonconformer  
“The individuals with pre-diabetes have a one and one-half fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease as compared to people with normal blood glucose and that individuals with diabetes have a two to four-fold increased cardiovascular risk. Some 60 to 65 percent of those with type 2 ... Seventy-four per cent had received a urine protein test to measure kidney function in the year prior to the survey, and 51 per cent had their feet checked for sores or irritations. ...
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