Medical Fiction: Darko and Toaster Tim – A Dance With the Devil
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw”...
Apr 12, 2021
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw”...
Sep 21, 2020
Increased risks of severe CKD in elderly don’t always translate into increased mortality...
Sep 21, 2020
DAPA-CKD finds benefit in CKD patients with and without T2D Continuing the steady flow of positive...
Sep 11, 2020
Alpha blockers are a class of pharmacological agents that restrict the hormone norepinephrine from tightening the muscles in walls of smaller veins and arteries. The objective of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy...
Sep 10, 2020
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a clinically heterogeneous, monogenic disorder. Medical care has less-than-optimal impact on clinical outcomes in SCA in Africa due to several factors, including patient accessibility, poor access to...
Sep 10, 2020
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the risk of mortality during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) episodes, and some reports have underlined the high incidence and severity of this infection in dialysis patients....
Sep 6, 2020
Study finds their desire for resuscitation does not align with their advance directives According...
Sep 1, 2020
“Recipients of heart transplantation (HT) require immunosuppression to prevent organ rejection,”...
Aug 21, 2020
Roxadustat acts as a HIF prolyl-hydroxylase inhibitor and increases the endogenous production of erythropoietin and stimulates the production of hemoglobin in red blood cells. The objective of this study is to evaluate the...
Aug 21, 2020
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension are closely associated with each other. A few studies suggest that in addition to hypertension, temporal trends in systolic BP could be a potential risk factor of kidney function...
Aug 21, 2020
Arterial or vascular stiffness can be an indicator of vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Vitamin K is a cofactor that could prevent vascular calcification and the subsequent risk of...
Aug 21, 2020
Hypertension can either be the cause or the effect of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In either case, controlling hypertension is essential to slow down the disease progression and reduce CVD risk. Distal diuretics are a potential...