Posts by: Carolina Henriques

Carolina Henriques

Carolina holds a BSc in Anthropology and a MSc in Urban Studies., and brings her interdisciplinary skills to her writing on a range of different topics in science, research and advocacy news.

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Healthy Diets Rather Than Nutrient Restrictions May Prolong Kidney-disease Patients’ Lives, Study Shows

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Encouraging chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients to adopt healthy diets, rather than asking them to take — or avoid taking — individual nutrients, may help them live longer, a study says. The findings will ... Read more

December 7, 2016

Report Highlights Decline in Kidney Disease Hospitalization and Mortality Rates

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The U.S. Renal Data System (USRDS) published its annual report for 2016 highlighting a decline in hospitalization and mortality rates for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in American patients. The report provides data from ... Read more

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016

Regular Red Meat Consumption, Including Pork, Linked to Kidney Decline in Study

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Dietary advice often given to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is to restrict protein intake. But not all sources of protein carry the same risks, and some are better ... Read more

September 30, 2016

Dialysis Group Responds to Possible Insurance Restrictions for Kidney Patients on Medicare

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Dialysis Patient Citizens published a response letter to a request from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), asking for information about third-party payments that help make exchange plans affordable for ... Read more

September 21, 2016September 21, 2016

CHMP Issues Positive Opinion for Parsabiv to Treat Hyperparathyroidism in CDK Patients on Hemodialysis

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Amgen has announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), an arm of the European Union’s medical regulatory agency, has issued a positive opinion on the marketing application ... Read more

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

Baxter and Satellite Healthcare Partner to Improve At-Home Dialysis Care

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Baxter International and Satellite Healthcare are partnering to make dialysis treatment easier and to provide patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and similar conditions new advancements in hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and continuous renal replacement therapy. Satellite ... Read more

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016

Urine Proteins Can Indicate Acute Kidney Injury in Preterm Infants

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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have found that the amount of proteins in the urine of preterm infants with and without acute kidney injury (AKI) is different, according to their ... Read more

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016

UK Researcher to Use $2.2M Fellowship to Identify Therapeutic Targets for CKD

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Dr. Rachel Lennon, a researcher at the University of Manchester, in the U.K., has been awarded a £1.7 million (nearly $2.2 million) Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science for work ... Read more

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016

Phase 3 Studies of Oral Therapy for Dialysis Patients with CKD-Related Anemia Getting Underway

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Akebia Therapeutics  is initiating  a global Phase 3 clinical trial program, called INNO2VATE, to evaluate vadadustat for chronic kidney disease-related anemia. The company’s lead candidate, vadadustat, is an oral therapy being developed ... Read more

July 22, 2016July 22, 2016

‘Gift Certificate’ Concept Enables Kidney Donation, Transplant When It’s Needed

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The University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) has launched an innovative organ donation program that allows for living donors to donate a kidney before a friend or family member ... Read more

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

DaVita Kidney Care Launches Recipe Videos for CKD and Dialysis Patients

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DaVita Kidney Care, a provider of care services for patients of chronic kidney disease (CKD), has launched DaVita Eats, a series of recipe videos to make kidney-friendly cooking easier and more accessible. ... Read more

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016

New Kidney Function Test to Be Developed by Metabolon and Partners Johns Hopkins, Tufts Medical Center

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Metabolon, a North Carolina biotech company working on metabolomics in precision medicine, announced it will partner with Johns Hopkins University and Tufts Medical Center to develop accuGFR — an improved diagnostic test designed ... Read more

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016

RSN Invites Kidney Disease Patients to Take Part in Annual Essay Contest

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Renal Support Network (RSN) is a nonprofit, patient-led organization that provides non-medical services to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. RSN works to help dialysis, kidney transplant, and newly diagnosed patients ... Read more

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

Rockwell Provides Update on Calcitriol for Chronic Renal Dialysis Patients

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Rockwell Medical, Inc., a biopharma company targeting end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) with treatments for iron replacement, hyperparathyroidism and hemodialysis, updated on May 4 its development ... Read more

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016

Climate Change May be Impacting Rising Chronic Kidney Disease Rates

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According to recent research, climate change might be influencing growing rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD), as higher temperatures cause dehydration and heat stress. The study suggesting these findings will ... Read more

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016

Viewics Launches Kidney Disease Predictive Analytics Program

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Viewics, a California-based company focused on healthcare insights that serves hospitals and healthcare systems with laboratory-driven solutions for advanced analytics, has announced the development of its Viewics CKD Management. The ... Read more

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

New Report on Chronic Kidney Disease in US Identifies Major Problem, Huge Healthcare Costs

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A new report titled “US Renal Data System 2015 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States,” published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, assessed chronic kidney disease ... Read more

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016

Satellite’s 4th Dialysis Center Opens in Memphis’ Chickasaw Gardens

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Satellite Healthcare recently announced the opening of its fourth dialysis center in Memphis, Tennessee: Satellite Healthcare Chickasaw Gardens, located east of downtown and west of the Memphis Zoo. University Clinical Health ... Read more

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016

Chronic Kidney Disease Patients to Benefit from Partnership to Develop Better Prognosis Tools

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A new partnership aims to find prognostic biomarkers for chronic kidney disease (CKD) to develop a blood test to predict the rate of disease progression. The partners include The Centre of Excellence for ... Read more