Growing Edge (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Three scientists from the Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, have found in a new study published in the open access, peer reviewed journal, PLos ONE, that up to 40 per cent of all the food produced in the U.S. is thrown out. According to the [...]
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
A new study that measures the amount of the American food supply and what is actually eaten claims that we throw out 40% of the food we purchase. U.S. residents are wasting food like never before. While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day,...
Uremic Frost (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
All nephrologists, and most physicians and medical students are very familiar with the fractional excretion of sodium (FENa). The FENa (Urine Na x Plasma Creatinine / Plasma Na x Urine Creatinine) helps to differentiate the cause of acute renal failure (sorry, acute kidney injury). It is classically used in separating the differential diagnosis of AKI into three categories: pre-renal, intra-renal and...
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Science Daily : Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and carbon dioxide emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. In a new paper published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS One, Kevin Hall and colleagues at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases calculate the energy content...
Dog Health (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Healthy Natural Dog Food - Humans vs Dogs Part 2 Aside from the possiblity of traumatic injury incurred by something like being hit by a car most dog issues today result from something as controllable as poor nutrition. We recently looked at some of the physical differences between dogs and humans that might play on your dogs nutritional requirements. The difference in the number of teeth. The inability...
Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
More PTSD - Post-Truth Stupidity Disorder. "Childhood obesity is on the rise, and with it comes an increased risk for developing health problems such as type 2 diabetes. The best way to reduce the risk of serious weight-related health issues such as diabetes is to eat healthy and increase physical activity. Researchers at Geisinger Health System's Henry Hood Center for Health Research and the...
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
NIDDK Announces Availability of More Current Kidney Disease Data Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) ncidence and prevalence data for end-stage kidney disease in the United States will be available online from the U.S. Renal Data System a year earlier than usual, announces the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and [...]
publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Dear Editor: Kidney diseases are increasing at an alarming rate due to non-availability of clean drinking water and substandard and adulterated food items in the country. These diseases are becoming further complicated because of lack of awareness among masses. There is also a dire need of developing linkages among urologists and nephrologists. Pakistan Association of Urological Surgeons' president...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in the United States Kidney International advance online publication, October 28, 2009. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.406 Authors: Philip A Kalra, Haifeng Guo, David T Gilbertson, Jiannong Liu, Shu-Cheng Chen, Areef Ishani, Allan J Collins & Robert N Foley
Kidney Notes (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Image by roboonya via Flickr Every physician has diseases they see improbably often. For me, one of these conditions is hemolytic-uremic syndrome . Since writing one of my first papers on HUS as a resident — " De novo thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplant recipients " — I've seen way more of it than you'd expect. For kidney fans, this review article on atypical hemolytic-uremic...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Linking an insect enzyme to hypertension: angiotensin II–epoxide hydrolase interactions Kidney International advance online publication, October 21, 2009. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.349 Authors: Ding Ai, John Y-J Shyy & Yi Zhu
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary Kidney International advance online publication, October 21, 2009. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.377 Authors: Bertram L Kasiske, Martin G Zeier, Jeremy R Chapman, Jonathan C Craig, Henrik Ekberg, Catherine A Garvey, Michael D Green, Vivekanand Jha, Michelle A Josephson, Bryce A Kiberd, Henri A Kreis, Ruth A McDonald, John...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Asymmetrical dimethylarginine is associated with renal and cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality in renal transplant recipients Kidney International advance online publication, October 21, 2009. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.382 Authors: Sadollah Abedini, Andreas Meinitzer, Ingar Holme, Winfried März, Gisela Weihrauch, Bengt Fellstrøm, Alan Jardine & Hallvard Holdaas
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The enigmatic parietal epithelial cell is finally getting noticed: a review Kidney International advance online publication, October 21, 2009. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.386 Authors: Takamoto Ohse, Jeffrey W Pippin, Alice M Chang, Ronald D Krofft, Jeffrey H Miner, Michael R Vaughan & Stuart J Shankland
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Copeptin, a surrogate marker of vasopressin, is associated with microalbuminuria in a large population cohort Kidney International advance online publication, October 21, 2009. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.397 Authors: Esther Meijer, Stephan J L Bakker, Nynke Halbesma, Paul E de Jong, Joachim Struck & Ron T Gansevoort
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