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January 2012 Issue of Renal And Urology News

January 2012 Issue of Renal And Urology News

Cover Articles

Lower CKD Risk Found with High Salt Intake

PHILADELPHIA—High dietary salt intake may decrease the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and low dietary potassium intake may increase the risk, investigators reported at ...
 

Survival Better with Incidentally Detected RCC

Incidental detection of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is increasing and is associated with better survival from the malignancy, according to a population-based study conducted in ...
 

Small Prostate Increases Risk of PCa Upgrade

Smaller prostates in men with low risk prostate cancer (PCa) may indicate a greater likelihood of harboring tumors of higher grade than indicated by prostate ...
 

Commentary

Highlights of 2011, The Promise of 2012

The start of 2012 is a good time to look back on the previous year to see the current state of nephrology. What have been ...
 

On the Forefront

Boosting Renal Transplantation with Kidney Paired Donation

It is estimated that about one third of kidney transplant candidates may have a willing, medically fit living donor, but the donor is incompatible because ...
 

News in Brief

Well-Done Ground Beef May Raise Risk of Aggressive PCa

A study of 470 cases of aggressive prostate cancer (PCa) and 512 controls demonstrated that higher consumption of any ground beef or processed meats was ...
 

ESRD More Likely than Death for Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

Patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy are more likely to progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than die, according to investigators.
 

Peripheral Neuropathy Common in ED Patients

Peripheral neuropathy may be underappreciated as a cause of erectile dysfunction (ED), Spanish researchers reported.
 

AF Treatment Found to Benefit Kidneys

In the year following successful treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) by catheter ablation, kidney function improves in patients with mild to moderate renal dysfunction, Yoshihide ...
 

Rye-Induced Changes May Stave Off PCa

A previously described beneficial relation between rye intake and prostate cancer (PCa) may be at least partly explained by the results of a small, randomized ...
 

CV Event Risk Linked to Sodium Excretion

Analyses of two cohorts totaling 28,880 individuals showed that baseline urinary sodium excretion above 7 g/day was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) ...
 

How Clinicians Worldwide Manage BPH-Related AUR

Urethral catheterization followed by a trial without catheter (TWOC) has become a standard treatment worldwide for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and acute urinary ...
 

Feature

An Update on Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy

Short-term outcomes from early institutional experiences have confirmed the safety and feasibility of RPN, even for anatomically complex tumors.
 

FDA News

FDA Committee Favors Peginesatide

The FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, in a 15 to 1 vote, has agreed that peginesatide demonstrates a favorable benefit/risk profile for use in treatment ...
 

Malpractice News

Report: Malpractice Caps Fail to Cut Health Costs

Exorbitant pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, also known as non-economic damages, have been blamed for numerous evils, including high physician insurance rates ...
 

Settlement Reached In Case Involving Doctor's Death

A settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice case involving the 2009 death of a physician undergoing a controversial treatment for a rare disease.
 

Law Firm Loses Hard Drive With Patients' Medical Records

How far does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) extend? That is the question facing a large medical malpractice defense law firm.
 

Renal Nutrition Update

CKD Patients at Higher Risk for Zinc Deficiency

Inflammation and oxidative stress are two etiologies that may contribute to poor nutritional status and ultimately increased mortality rates in patients with chronic kidney disease ...
 

General News

Hypofractionated Radiotherapy a Viable Option for Intermediate- to High-Risk Prostate Cancer

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Delivering higher daily doses of radiation in fewer days (hypofractionation) is as effective as conventional radiotherapy in preventing recurrence of intermediate- or high-risk ...
 

Vitamin E May Raise Prostate Cancer Risk

Men who take vitamin E supplements may be at increased risk of prostate cancer (PCa), new findings show.
 

Partial Nephrectomy's Advantages Confirmed

Deterioration of kidney function after renal surgery is more significant in patients who have undergone radical nephrectomy (RN) rather than partial nephrectomy (PN), according to ...
 

Obese Black Dialysis Patients Have the Best Survival

Increasing body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower mortality rates in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients regardless of race or ethnicity, but the survival advantage ...
 

Regional Anesthesia Benefits Kidney Recipients

CHICAGO—Regional anesthesia significantly reduces nausea and opioid use in the first two days after kidney transplantation, new findings suggest.
 

Program Introduced to Prevent Infections in Chemo Patients

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launching a new program to help prevent infections in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy.
 

National Kidney Foundation Names New CEO

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has named Bruce Skyer its new CEO, according to an announcement made by the NKF Board of Directors.
 

Study Hints at Why Diabetics Are Less Likely to Receive a Renal Transplant

PHILADELPHIA—Diabetics are less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a renal transplant and are less likely to be transplanted, according to findings ...
 

Vitamin D Regimen May Treat SHPT in Renal Transplant Patients

PHILADELPHIA—Cholecalciferol with or without doxercalciferol may be an appropriate treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in kidney transplant recipients, according to the findings of a small ...
 

BP Rises with ESAs Not Relate to Vasoconstriction

PHILADELPHIA—New study findings may narrow down the possible causes of increased blood pressure (BP) result from the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) to correct ...
 

Dialysis-Requiring AKI Rises Sharply

PHILADELPHIA—Acute kidney injury (AKI), also known as acute renal failure, requiring dialysis has become more common than end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy ...
 

Predialysis Renal Decline Patterns Identified

PHILADELPHIA—Researchers have found substantial heterogeneity in trajectories of renal function during the two-year period leading up to initiation of chronic dialysis, according to a report ...
 

Response to ESAs Predicts ESRD Risk

PHILADELPHIA—Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who have a low response to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are at increased risk of progressing to end-stage renal disease ...
 

Increasing Phosphate Raises Death, CV Risks in Hemodialysis Patients

PHILADELPHIA—Baseline plasma phosphate level is an important risk factor for cardiovascular events and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients, investigators reported at Kidney Week 2011.
 

Live Kidney Donation Raises Hypertension Risk in Blacks

PHILADELPHIA—Live kidney donation by African-Americans increases their risk of hypertension, researchers reported at Kidney Week 2011.
 

Black Transplant Patients with FSGS Are At Higher Risk

PHILADELPHIA—Among kidney transplant recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), African-Americans (AA) have a greater prevalence of risk factors for allograft failure compared with other races, ...
 

IV Iron Drug Shows Advantages in Head-to-Head Trial

PHILADELPHIA—Ferumoxytol has an efficacy comparable to iron sucrose in treating iron deficiency anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but is associated with lower ...
 

Bone-Targeted Agent Delays Skeletal Metastases in CRPC

Denosumab can delay bone metastases in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), a study found.
 

Extended LND Improves Outcomes in Selected Bladder Cancer Patients

Extended lymph node dissection (LND) does not significantly change overall disease recurrence and survival patterns in patients who undergo radical cystectomy for bladder cancer compared ...
 

Vitamin D Has No Blood Pressure Effect in Postmenopausal Women

Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) are not related to changes in blood pressure (BP) in postmenopausal women, according to researchers.
 

Epinephrine Can Cut TURP-Related Blood Loss

Epinephrine injected into the prostate can be used to decrease blood loss during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), according to researchers.
 

Lab Tests Tip Off Employees to CKD, Other Conditions

Laboratory tests performed as part of employer-sponsored health risk assessments (HRA) revealed evidence that "newly identified" at least one of three common medical conditions in ...
 

Study: Electromagnetic Treatment Improves BPH

Radiofrequency pulsed electromagnetic fields (EMF) may provide a non-invasive treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), researchers reported.
 

Black Race Worsens Transplant Outcomes

Black race is associated with worse renal transplant outcomes among patients with lupus nephritis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), according to two studies presented at ...
 
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