By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: May 12, 2009Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus ProfessorUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.SAN FRANCISCO, May 12 -- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring didn't explain the cardi…
The Trillium Gift of Life Program has launched a very innovative website promoting organ donation. The website is very slick and provides excellent and entertaining information on organ donation. Have a look. Return to UKidney blog home pa…
Myeloma cast nephropathy has a very high morbidity and mortality, largely due to many of these patients' dependence on hemodialysis. Several attempts have been made to improve these outcomes with extracorporeal strategies that remove toxic light chai…
Many nephrologists, myself included, are eager to find alternatives to cyclophosphamide in the management of lupus nephritis. As many of these patients are young men and women of child-bearing age, the effects of cyclophosphamide on fertility, along …
Professor Jonathan Sprent and Dr Kylie Webster from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with colleagues, Dr Shane Grey and Stacey Walters reported a major breakthrough in the area of transplantation tolerance in this month…
