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Heart Failure Patients With Kidney Dysfunction Don't Recover Well After Hospital Discharge (redOrbit) Wed Nov 18 13:08:20 PST 2009 Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.The study's gloomy finding is the first time researchers... Read full article »
Heart Failure Patients With Kidney Dysfunction Don't Recover Well After Hospital Discharge (Medical News Today) Wed Nov 18 08:41:29 PST 2009 Most heart failure patients who develop kidney failure in the hospital do not recover from it before going home and are at increased risk of either being re-hospitalized or dying within the year, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Read full article »
Westborough man donates kidney to stranger (The MetroWest Daily News) Sat Nov 21 20:24:31 PST 2009 Forget about giving you the shirt off his back - Edward Behn doesn't mind parting with a kidney. Read full article »
High Blood Pressure Easy To Miss In Children With Kidney Disease (Medical News Today) Sat Nov 21 04:37:49 PST 2009 Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension even during doctor's office visits increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the... Read full article »
High blood pressure easy to miss in children with kidney disease (EurekAlert!) Fri Nov 20 13:28:28 PST 2009 ( Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ) Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension -- even during doctor's office visits -- increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center... Read full article »
Bristol woman waiting for kidney transplant gives birth (This is Bristol) Fri Nov 20 08:00:53 PST 2009 A Bristol woman awaiting a kidney transplant gave birth to a healthy baby despite being told it was unlikely she would conceive. Read full article »
Kidney transplant recipients on road to recovery share hugs, tears with donors (New York Daily News) Thu Nov 19 20:29:00 PST 2009 Marilyn McMillan promised to give her long-lost friend Cheryl Chiera a kidney. Instead, McMillan gave the organ to a complete stranger named Harvalene McClernan. In return, McClernan's son, Jeffrey, gave Chiera one of his kidneys. Read full article »
Chain reaction: Local man involved in eight-person kidney transplant (Westborough News) Fri Nov 20 09:41:27 PST 2009 Forget about giving you the shirt off his back – Edward Behn doesn’t mind parting with a kidney. That is, he wouldn’t if the Westborough resident hadn’t already donated one earlier this month, kicking off a chain of kidney “swaps” that affected the lives of eight people in total. Read full article »
Florence teen doesn’t let kidney disease slow him down (Florence Morning News) Sat Nov 21 12:35:47 PST 2009 On Jan. 30, Michael Sprauve went for a physical at Shaw Air Force Base so he would be eligible to try out for the Wilson High School football team. Read full article »
Deaths/causes | Sept. 10 - Nov. 10 | PUBLIC RECORDS (Evansville Courier & Press) Sat Nov 21 22:26:00 PST 2009 Baird, Nina Christina; 86, Paducah, Ky., Nov. 5, intracranial hemorrhageBecker, Norma Gail; 56, Harrisburg, Ill., Nov. 3, acute myelocytic leukemiaBerard, Allen Joseph; 87, Evansville, Nov. 6, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysmBlanks, Magnolia; 85, Henderson, Ky., Oct. 29, acute on chronic... Read full article »