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Lipitor 80 Mg Reduces Heart Attacks And Strokes In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

Pfizer Inc announced that, in patients with heart disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 35 percent over those taking Lipitor 10mg.

Silent Kidney Disease Tied To Heart Attacks And Early Death

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

Chronic kidney disease doubles the risk of heart attack, stroke, and early mortality, even among young and middle-aged adults, according to results of a nationwide screening program.

World's largest Trial of Intensive Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes Shows Reduced Risk of Complications by 21%: ADVANCE Study

Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The world's largest diabetes trial has shown intensive blood glucose can reduce the risk of kidney disease by 21% with no evidence of any increased risk of death when blood glucose was intensively controlled.

Combined Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Improves Survival in Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2008

For patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation increases the chances of long-term survival compared to kidney transplantation alone.

Global Warming To Cause More Kidney Stones

Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008

Dehydration is a major cause of kidney stones, and rising global temperatures will likely increase dehydration and the number of kidney stone cases.

Vigorous Walking Slows Biological Aging to a Crawl

Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Just vigorous walking for about an hour a day five times a week can chop a dozen years off the biological age of persons 64 and older, according to a new research.

Why Not All Fat is Created Equal

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The recent report that having a pot belly in your 40s roughly triples your risk of dementia in later life is just the tip of an ominous adipose iceberg.

Creatinine Increase in Elderly Means Increased Renal Disease, Mortality

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Even small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and mortality of elderly patients over the long term in a 10-year study of 87,094 patients according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study.

Uric Acid Provides Early Clues To Diabetic Kidney Disease

Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2008

For patients with type 1 diabetes, increased levels of uric acid in the blood may be an early sign of diabetic kidney disease--appearing before any significant change in urine albumin level, the standard screening test.

Intensive Insulin Therapy Protects Kidneys In The Critically Ill

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

For critically ill patients, intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to keep blood sugar (glucose) at normal levels reduces the risk of acute kidney injury, reports a new study.