Kidney Dysfunction News Today

and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagons abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the p...

We sat down with Katja Gist, DO, for further insight into the use of continuous renal replacement therapy in children and young adults, spotlighting the importance of timing to therapy initiation.

Each 1-day delay in continuous renal replacement therapy initiation was associated with 3% greater odds of major adverse kidney events at 90 days, including mortality, dialysis dependence, and persistent kidney dysfunction.

Circumstances. but add the extreme heat waves that we have been living through, what is it that employers, the government could be doing to help protect them? >> one thing is that we do not have federal heat protection standards. right now, osha is working to draft some federal heat protection standards. but thats going to take many years. what we would like to see is growers in the agriculture industry working with researchers, with advocacy organizations to come up with solutions to protect wo...

They are 35 times more likely to die of heat than other workers. joining us now is roxanne na chicas who has been studying the impact of heat on farm workers. shes an assistant professor. thank you for being with us. what does your research tell us about how heat is taking its toll on farm workers? our research is showing they are disproportionally suffering from heat-related illness symptoms. they are suffering from kidney dysfunction, from acute kidney injury over one work day. we have these h...

Fireworks release heavy metals and greenhouse gases into the air that can impact the ozone and lead to serious health problems.

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system.

When you talk to the doctors, you are seeing patients who are younger who are getting critically ill and you are seeing patients who need dialysis because of significant kidney dysfunction when they get sick with this. it is heart-breaking to see that, especially when you also recognize that 95% of covid patients in the hospital roughly around the country are unvaccinated. were talking about boosters that help the 5% that get sick in the hospital, but 95% are unvaccinated. that makes it more hea...

They can have kidney dysfunction, liver dysfunction. not to mention the kids we have on the breathing tube. the i mean that has a slew of problems that people dont realize. >> i guess a question that a lot of people want to know is what can parents do to prevent their kids from becoming one of your patients. what you would advice? >> the message is clear. its the same message that weve been trying to put out there. wear your mask. the most important thing is get yourself vaccinated. vaccinate au...