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WVU researchers say coal mining endangers public health  -  25 Mar 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,He says people living in mining communities face higher risk of chronic heart, lung and kidney diseases. WVU says Hendryx and Washington State University

In Holguin, Cuba, more than 165 people have chronic renal failure  -  25 Mar 2008
Cuba Headlines,Chronic kidney diseases (ERC) actually constitute a worldwide health problem, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Nanobac Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Collaboration Agreement ...  -  25 Mar 2008
CNNMoney.comThe National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) suggest that Prostatitis might account for up to 25 percent of all office

Centre Opened to Study Genomics and Health Disparities  -  25 Mar 2008
OBBeC.com,Additional support for the centre will come from the NIH Office of the Director, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Weight-control Information Network Introduces Free Spanish ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Hispanic PR Wire (press release),The Weight-control Information Network (WIN) is a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Rising graph of Kidney diseases spurs organ trade: Experts  -  Mar 2, 2008
Times of India,MUMBAI: Chronic kidney diseases (CKD) are increasing at an alarming rate in India leading to a spurt in the unscrupulous organ trade, nephrologists have

Statement of Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, Director, National Institute ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
National Institutes of Health (press release)The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a component of the NIH, conducts and supports research in diabetes and other endocrine

Diabetes and hypertension cause kidney problems  -  Mar 14, 2008
Daily Times,ISLAMABAD: Diabetes and hypertension are the two major causes of chronic kidney diseases, said Dr Khawaja Saeed, consultant nephrologist,

World Kidney Day  -  Mar 17, 2008
The News - International,Though kidney diseases are common and are harmful but they are mostly treatable at initial steps... By Dr. A. Majid Rana The kidney day is celebrated every

Educating kidneys  -  Mar 15, 2008
Malaysia Star,Malaysia’s National Kidney Foundation marks the 3rd World Kidney Day by resolving to step up its public education efforts to combat kidney diseases.

Chronic Sleep Problems May Lead To Heart And Kidney Diseases  -  Mar 15, 2008
MedIndia,Dr. Michael Sole, Cardiologist and founding director of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto,

Lifestyle modification stressed to prevent kidney diseases  -  Mar 14, 2008
The Post,AP of Pakistan KARACHI: Lifestyle modification can lead to prevention of 70 per cent of the non-communicable diseases including chronic kidney diseases

World Kidney Day tomorrow | 20000 suffer from kidney diseases ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
The Post,Pakistan is ranked 8th in the world regarding kidney diseases' burden and around 20000 people of the country suffer with kidney failure every year.

World Kidney Day observed: PIMS provided free dialysis to 10960 ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
Daily Times,He said 200 to 250 patients suffering from various kidney diseases were visiting PIMS Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) daily. He said most of the patients

Nephrologist seeks politicians’ support against chronic kidney ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Associated Press of Pakistan,Every single individual and all sections of the society must know that Chronic Kidney Diseases could be identified by measuring or detection of protein in

2cr suffer from kidney diseases  -  Mar 8, 2008
The Daily Star,Doctors and experts at a roundtable here yesterday said Bangladesh has all necessary facilities for the treatment of kidney diseases.

Seminar focuses on kidney diseases  -  Mar 9, 2008
Times of Oman,The seminar is aimed at spreading health awareness among citizens about kidney diseases, the recent advances in the field and how to reduce spread of kidney

Lack Of Awareness Leads To Rise In Kidney Patients  -  Mar 16, 2008
Bru Direct,The minister added that kidney diseases also add to the risk of contracting heart diseases. "Unfortunately, many patients died from heart attack before they

Surgeon's Preferences Dictate Choice of Kidney Cancer Surgery  -  Mar 10, 2008
Washington Post,The study was part of the Urologic Diseases in America Program, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

‘Every 9th adult is kidney patient’  -  Mar 13, 2008
The Post,They said the objective of the World Kidney Day was to create awareness among the masses about the causes of kidney diseases, as the number of people

Health-fair fact sheets cover range of diseases  -  Mar 13, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,For more information on the series or to view publications, go to the Web site of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at

World Kidney Day  -  Mar 14, 2008
The Post,As a consequence, inadequate treatment of kidney diseases and lack of awareness among people about them remains a problem to look into.

Kidney Day marked with stress on organ donation  -  Mar 13, 2008
Gulf Times,He said that the objectives of the Kidney Day is to create more awareness about kidney diseases among the general public and primary health centres’

Novel Discovery Could Lead To Much-needed Kidney Failure Treatment  -  Mar 15, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Jeffrey B. Kopp of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases also contributed to the research.

SKMC celebrates the World Kidney Day on the 14th of March 2008 in ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
AME Info (press release),Since chronic kidney diseases increase the risk of renal failure, cardiovascular disease, and stroke, up to 36 million people will prematurely die by the

M'lore: 'Kidney Donated by Relative is Better Match  -  Mar 15, 2008
Daijiworld.com,Secondly importance must be given to public education programs about kidney diseases, in order to curb the alarming rise of kidney diseases in the country,

WHO warns of substantial burden on national health budgets  -  Mar 17, 2008
Associated Press of Pakistan,KARACHI, March 17 (APP): Chronic and non communicable diseases like heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney diseases have fast

World Kidney Day today | 15000 people suffer renal failure every year  -  Mar 12, 2008
The Post,He said 500 million people (10 percent of the total population of the world) were suffering from different kidney diseases.

Learn all about CKD  -  Mar 15, 2008
New Straits Times,Visitors to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang will learn about kidney diseases and how to detect and prevent it through a poster exhibition.

Interim PM pledges support to Kidney Foundation  -  Mar 12, 2008
Fijivillage,Commodore Bainimarama said Fiji's main challenges were a general ignorance of kidney diseases and lack of health facilities for the treatment of kidney

Help create kidney disease awareness: PM  -  Mar 12, 2008
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd,Fiji’s main challenges are a general ignorance of kidneys and kidney diseases and the lack of health facilities for the treatment of kidney patients says

World Kidney day celebration tomorrow  -  Mar 12, 2008
Fiji Times,He said Fijis main challenges were a general ignorance of kidney diseases and the lack of health facilities for the treatment of kidny patients that

NIH Council of Councils Members Named  -  Mar 24, 2008
National Institutes of Health (press release)Juanita L. Merchant, MD, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, liaison to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Plan for another dialysis centre  -  Mar 14, 2008
Fiji Times,He said Fiji's main challenge was a general ignorance of kidney and kidney diseases and the lack of health facilities for the treatment of kidney patients

World Kidney Day promotes awareness  -  Mar 13, 2008
Xinhua,BEIJING, March 13(Xinhuanet) -- World Kidney Day is observed Thursday to bring to the public's awareness the growing threat kidney diseases pose to peoples

Screen kidney, be safe  -  Mar 12, 2008
Times of India,It has been seen that newborns with low birth weight stand a chance of developing kidney diseases and also high BP when they grow up," said Dr Agarwal.

Qatar to observe World Kidney Day  -  Mar 11, 2008
Peninsula On-line,Addressing a press conference organized by HMC to shed light on the details of the celebration, Dr Hassan Al Ansari, kidney diseases consultant at Hamad

New hope for kidney patients  -  Mar 12, 2008
The Statesman,On the eve of World Kidney Day city doctors affirmed that kidney diseases are more common in India. The sedentary lifestyle coupled with increasing

Signatures for better health care  -  Mar 20, 2008
Sofia Echo,Association of Parents of Children with Impended Sight, Foundation of Patients with Chronically Kidney Diseases and Hemodialisys in Bulgaria,

Control your blood creatinine level to prevent kidney failure ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
The News - International,By By our correspondent In order to prevent kidney diseases, which are a common medical problem, one should maintain the blood creatinine level that is the

New awareness and prevention series for community health events  -  Mar 4, 2008
HULIQ,The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) today announced the release of new health information to raise awareness about

Keep diabetes in control to minimize kidney damage  -  Mar 10, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has an excellent review of this subject. Go to kidney.niddk.nih.gov.

Pims conducted 10960 free dialyses last year  -  Mar 12, 2008
The Post,Pims will arrange a one-day clinical session on kidney diseases to the mark World Kidney Day. The institute would continue providing state-of-the-art

Ray of hope for kidney patients  -  Mar 3, 2008
The Statesman,A check on the sedentary lifestyle is the best way to treat kidney diseases, said Dr Nayak. Although keto-diet, also known as keto acid therapy has been in

Take preventive care to keep kidney problems at bay  -  Mar 13, 2008
Newindpress,On the occasion, Bisi said as post-ailment conditions in chronic kidney diseases need substantial investment, the society must adopt ‘preventive care’

Benefit shows true spirit of Central Davidson students  -  Mar 20, 2008
Lexington Dispatch,Preparing for the "Skeen Benefit" taught many students at Central the truth about kidney diseases and what it is like to live with one.

Simple laboratory test predicts risk of kidney injury after surgery  -  Mar 16, 2008
News-Medical.net,Dr. Devarajan is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,

Nigeria: Cost of Kidney Disease Treatment Rising -FG  -  Mar 14, 2008
AllAfrica.com,She said that although kidney diseases are on the rise in the country, it could be reduced if Nigerians engage in healthy living.

Initiative to educate public on risks of kidney failure  -  Mar 11, 2008
GulfNews,On World Kidney Day, we wish to raise public awareness and provide education about the importance of prevention and early detection of kidney diseases and

Support network for renal patients being revived  -  Mar 13, 2008
Hindu,But a permanent support network has to be in place for helping those with chronic kidney diseases because discontinuing the immuno-suppressant drugs for

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