http://kidneydiseases.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Kidney Diseases GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2007-08-31T05:00:03Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/09/05/bombing-hero-succumbs-after-starting-dialysis.htm Richard Jewell, the former security guard and hero of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, recently died at the age of 44 after recently starting dialysis. He was discovered at... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/09/05/bombing-hero-succumbs-after-starting-dialysis.htm 2007-09-05T08:15:16Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/31/nkfs-position-on-chronic-kidney-disease-testing.htm Millions of people have or are at risk chronic kidney disease (CKD) but don’t know it. Because kidney disease is usually silent until very late in the process, the... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/31/nkfs-position-on-chronic-kidney-disease-testing.htm 2007-08-31T05:00:03Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/29/an-unusual-wedding-story.htm Michael Ferracci of Harrington, Delaware has known his share of bad luck but that has all changed. After being diagnosed with kidney failure and starting dialysis a couple years... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/29/an-unusual-wedding-story.htm 2007-08-29T05:00:05Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/27/newsletter-anemia-and-kidney-disease.htm The kidneys are responsible for making a hormone called erythropoetin, which tells your body to make red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from your lungs to the... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/27/newsletter-anemia-and-kidney-disease.htm 2007-08-27T14:02:55Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/24/bad-bread-causes-kidney-failure-in-the-balkans.htm According to an article recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contamination of wheat with aristolochic acid - a plant toxin - may be the cause... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/24/bad-bread-causes-kidney-failure-in-the-balkans.htm 2007-08-24T05:00:06Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/22/living-kidney-organ-donation-clarification-act.htm A paired kidney donation is becoming increasing popular as a way to overcome an incompatibility between a kidney donor and a transplant recipient. It usually involves finding two couples... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/22/living-kidney-organ-donation-clarification-act.htm 2007-08-22T05:00:31Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/20/top-10-hospitals-for-kidney-disease.htm Every year, the U.S. News and World Report ranks "the best hospitals" for kidney diseases using a number of factors, such as reputation, mortality rates, and other care-related factors. According... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/20/top-10-hospitals-for-kidney-disease.htm 2007-08-20T05:00:29Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/17/newsletter-symptoms-of-kidney-disease.htm Most people with kidney disease do not have symptoms and so they do not realize that they have something wrong with their kidneys. However, when someone does have symptoms,... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/17/newsletter-symptoms-of-kidney-disease.htm 2007-08-17T05:00:06Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/15/game-show-hoax-leads-to-increased-organ-donor-registration.htm Last month, the Dutch government reported that there was a spike in the registration of organ donor registration following a fake television game show involving a kidney donation. Normally,... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/15/game-show-hoax-leads-to-increased-organ-donor-registration.htm 2007-08-15T05:00:29Z http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/13/are-two-drugs-better-than-one-for-kidney-cancer.htm Researchers from the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center recently published an article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggesting that combining interferon alpha and Nexavar® (Sorafenib) was more effective than... http://kidneydiseases.about.com/b/2007/08/13/are-two-drugs-better-than-one-for-kidney-cancer.htm 2007-08-13T05:00:30Z