Sperm Banking To Remote Sites
Infertility is a stressful experience for many couples, a situation made particularly difficult by the need to produce a semen sample in a clinical setting.
Infertility is a stressful experience for many couples, a situation made particularly difficult by the need to produce a semen sample in a clinical setting.
Since the discovery of Hemoglobin S (HbS), it has been known that the abnormal polymerization of deoxy-HbS is the main cause for vaso-occlusive crisis involving many organs including the kidneys in sickle cell disease (SCD).
Patients on a traditional renal diet often find that they are consuming a relatively “unhealthy diet,” meaning a diet low in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain, and dairy.
As you develop and grow a home HD program, not only will you have wonderful successes, but there will also be challenges and disappointments.
Treatment reminders fail to increase the rate at which primary care physicians (PCPs) prescribe ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) for elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Hemodialysis (HD) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis in patents who have chronic renal failure (CRF).
Kidney donors are at no greater risk for cardiovascular (CV) events or death than non-donors.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) was associated with a 35% increased risk of a prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis.
As practicing clinicians in the United States, we generally feel privileged, with access to a highly developed and pioneering medical care system along with an advanced and cutting-edge technology in the world’s largest economy.
A case study involving a 65-year-old man with chronic kidney disease and acute attacks of pain, swelling, and erythema in the first metatarsophalangeal joint.