Tea Overconsumption Causes Nephropathy
Excessive consumption of iced tea has been linked to renal failure caused by oxalate nephropathy in a case study appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Phosphorus Pyramid for CKD Provides Diet Advice
Reducing dietary phosphorus is challenging, so researchers have developed a food pyramid for CKD and dialysis patients.
Partial Nephrectomy Does Not Eliminate CKD Risk
The risk is particularly elevated for patients who have CKD risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, and older age.
Sex Hormones Predict Erectile Dysfunction Risk
High levels of free and bioavailable testosterone are associated with a significantly decreased risk of ED in younger men.
Preoperative MRI May Benefit Some Prostate Surgery Patients
Imaging was associated with a lower risk of positive surgical margins in men with cT1 prostate tumors, but not in other subgroups.
Study: Screen ED Sufferers for Cardiovascular Disease
It is cost-effective, potentially saving $21.3 billion over 20 years by preventing 1.1 million cardiovascular events, researchers say.
FDA Approves Label Update for Abiraterone
The FDA has approved a label update for abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) to include data showing that the drug is associated with significantly prolonged overall survival compared with placebo plus prednisone in men with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The data, published recently in The Lancet Oncology (online ahead of print), showed that abiraterone treatment prolonged…
Low Magnesium Raises Hemodialysis Patients’ Death Risk
The increased risk is especially pronounced among patients with low serum albumin.
Hyponatremia Lengthens Cancer Patient Hospital Stay
Among patients whose hospital stay was 1-5 days, none had hyponatremia at admission versus 81.6% and 53.8% of those who had a hospital stay of 6-15 days and longer than 15 days, respectively.
Bladder Cancer-Obesity Link Confirmed
For every 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI, the risk of bladder cancer rose 4.2%.
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