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Stories from the dialysis comunity across the globe.
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Ultrasonography for nephrologists course in Atlanta, GA, Feb 1-4, 2014 |
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This is a comprehensive didactic and hands-on course designed for nephrologists who wish to incorporate sonography into their practice. This is a comprehensive didactic and hands-on course designed for nephrologists who wish to incorporate sonography into their practice. Topics include practical physics, examination of native and transplanted kidneys, bladder, arteriovenous fistulas, guidance for kidney biopsy, equipment, coding and billing, and certification.
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Blood pressure target in the elderly changed from less than 140 to less than 150. |
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NY Times: Until now, people were told to strive for blood pressures below 140/90, with some taking multiple drugs to achieve that goal. But the guidelines committee, which spent five years reviewing evidence, concluded that the goal for people over 60 should be a systolic pressure of less than 150. And the diastolic goal should remain less than 90.
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How HDL cholesterol reduces inflammation via the ATF3 gene. |
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EurekAlert: "The transcriptional regulator ATF3 acts to reduce these inflammatory reactions by suppressing the activation of inflammatory genes following excessive stimulation of immunoreceptors", reports Dr. De Nardo. In the end, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is responsible for down regulating the inflammatory reactions, via the activation of ATF3.
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Tall people have lower amounts of coronary artery plaque. |
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EurekAlert: It suggests that taller adults tend to have lower levels of plaque, and thus, a lower risk of CHD. This relationship persisted even after accounting for standard cardiovascular risk factors such as age, smoking, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy measures heart energy levels; predicts prognosis. |
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EurekAlert: Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a new way to predict which heart failure patients are likely to see their condition get worse and which ones have a better prognosis. Their study is one of the first to show that energy metabolism within the heart, measured using a noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test, is a significant predictor of clinical outcomes, independent of a patient's symptoms or the strength of the heart's ability to pump blood, known as the ejection fraction.
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