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First morning albumin:creatinine urine test clues clinicians into signs of troubleA morning urine test is superior to all other tests for detecting declining kidney performance in patients with diabetic kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that clinicians should monitor kidney function by measuring the albumin:creatinine ratio from a first morning urine sample.Individuals with kidney...

Bevacizumab Increases the Risk of Severe Urinary Protein Loss by More than 4- FoldThe widely used cancer drug bevacizumab (known popularly as Avastin) may cause severe loss of protein from the kidney into the urine that can lead to significant kidney damage and can compromise the efficacy of cancer treatment, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that physicians should monitor patients' kidney...

WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- No matter what Washington does on health reform, there's a lot you can do to reform your own health -- and two of the best places to start are your kidneys. So says Dr. Ronald Weiss, chairman of Results for Life, an educational campaign of the American Clinical Laboratory Association. "March is more than just basketball and the start of spring. It is also National Kidney Month. And when you realize that some 27 million Americans have chronic...

Lower doses may benefit kidney disease patients without the risksThe drug avosentan substantially reduces urinary protein loss in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, but the drug causes serious side effects, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that lower doses of avosentan may have a more favorable risk/benefit ratio for patients.Despite aggressive treatments, individuals with kidney...

Patients with high levels of proteinuria (protein in urine) in addition to another marker of reduced kidney function had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, heart attack or progression to kidney failure, according to a study in the February 3 issue of JAMA.As many as 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease (CKD). The current system for determining the stage of CKD is based primarily on the estimated rate of glomerular filtration (eGFR; measure of the kidneys' ability to...

The cardiovascular risk that is associated with proteinuria, or high levels of protein in the urine, a common test used by doctors as an indicator of increased risk for progressive kidney disease, heart attack and stroke, has race-dependent effects, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.The study appears in the January issue of Diabetes Care."Proteinuria, a long accepted indicator of heart disease risk, has far less impact on blacks than it...

Preliminary research suggests that higher than normal levels of the protein albumin in urine is associated with an increased risk for blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or lungs (venous thromboembolism; VTE), according to a study in the May 6 issue of JAMA.The overall incidence of VTE in developed countries is about 0.15 percent per year, varying from less than 0.005 percent in individuals younger than 15 years to as high as 0.5 percent at 80 years of age. Known risk factors for VTE...

Results explain why American Indians have higher rates of proteinuriaGenetic differences can influence one's risk of developing proteinuria, a condition that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The results may be important for determining patients' health risks and for devising new medical treatments.Approximately 12% of people in the...

Eating fish twice a week may reduce the risk of kidney disease in diabetics, British researchers say. The study of 22,000 adults, including 517 with diabetes, also found those with the disease who ate less than one serving of fish per week were about four times more likely to have protein in their urine than those who ate at least two servings of fish per week. Study co-author Dr. Amanda Adler of the Medical Research Council epidemiology unit at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge,...