Displaying items by tag: Division of Nephrology

Agarwal’s appointment follows the Feb. 8, 2013, selection of former Dean and Senior Vice President Ray L. Watts, M.D., as the seventh president of UAB.

Synthetic marijuana, known as SPICE or K2, does not show up in drug screens but can negatively impact kidney function.

Renal replacement therapy performed continuously over 24 hours provides better hemodynamic tolerance, fluid removal in critically ill patients with kidney failure.

You’d have to drink 10 glasses of milk a day to get your recommended vitamin D, UAB experts say. Sunshine or a supplement is better.

Newer, less used risk predictor for diagnosing kidney disease is better, costs same as more common, less accurate test.
Identifying key protein interactions in cast nephropathy could aid in drug development for deadly myeloma complication.

The event will be a day of collaboration among faculty, clinicians, postdocs and students with an interest in basic and clinical immunology.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Microbes linked to kidney disease

UAB researchers have published a paper showing a link between micro-organisms and a type of kidney disease.

New drug may slow the progression of chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetics, increase kidney function and stave off dialysis.

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