Kidney Diseases

Scientists Find New Treatment for Kidney Disease

8 Feb 2012

Two researchers at UCSB, associate professor Thomas Weimbs and graduate student Jeffery Talbot, recently published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a new possible drug target for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Goals for blood pressure in kidney disease patients may be unrealistic, suggests study

2 Feb 2012

( University of California - San Francisco ) An upward revision of the blood pressure numbers used to identify risk of end-stage renal disease might actually help doctors provide better care for their patients, said the authors of a study in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Goals for blood pressure in kidney disease patients may be unrealistic

2 Feb 2012

(Medical Xpress) -- An upward revision of the blood pressure numbers used to identify risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) might actually help doctors provide better care for their patients, said the authors of a study in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).