- [PRESSWIRE] Germany – 17 December, 2018 — The EKHA project “Improving Organ Donation and Transplantation in the EU” will be launched on the European Commission’s Health Policy Platform in 2019, an interactive tool to boost discussions about public health concerns and to share knowledge and best practices.
- [PRESSWIRE] Weimar, Germany – 14 November, 2018 — It is well known that air pollution causes lung cancer, weakens the lung function or triggers asthma. There is also evidence that there is an association between air pollution and birth defects, immune defects or even autism.
- [PRESSWIRE] Italy – 9 November, 2018 — Cardioline S.p.A. is pleased to announce the addition of Brian Brenegan as its Chief Executive Officer.
- [PRESSWIRE] Weimar, Germany – 29 October, 2018 — The renewed interest in anti-GBM disease is spurred by the detection of autoantibodies in other forms of glomerulonephritis and has led to an exciting development in studies on pathogenesis as well as diagnosis and management. The newly published review [1] by Professor Mårten Segelmark, gives a comprehensive update on Anti-GBM disease subgroups, pathogenesis and therapies. “A must-read for all nephrologist”, explains Professor Denis Fouque, editor-in-chief of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation (NDT), the journal in which the review was published.
- [PRESSWIRE] Paris – September 12, 2018 — Tattooing has gained tremendous popularity in Western countries. In Australia, Finland France and Germany, approximately 10% of the populations have at least one tattoo [1]. The ‘tattoo craze’ is particularly strong among the young generation, in which every third or fourth person has a tattoo.
- [PRESSWIRE] Paris – September 12, 2018 — The sun is one of the most dangerous carcinogens, yet people who work outdoors are inadequately protected. Since 2014, data on the UV exposure of outdoor workers (such as farmers, road workers, seasonal harvest workers, building workers, roofers, etc.) have been collected in Germany as part of the GENESIS-UV project – with alarming results.
- [PRESSWIRE] Paris – September 12, 2018 — Psoriasis is a chronic, non-communicable skin disease characterized by bright, silvery-white scales on reddened (inflamed) patches of skin, mainly on the arms and legs, the scalp, but also on many other areas of the body, including the genitals.
- [PRESSWIRE] Paris – September 12, 2018 — HPV genital infections are the most frequent sexually transmitted infections of viral origin and definitely represent a global burden with significant oncogenic potential. HPV infection causes external genital warts, and some HPV types are strongly associated with cancer or precancerous lesions. HPV induced cancers are mostly (but not only!) those of the ano-genital region, such as cervical, anal, vulvar, penile cancer, etc., but the cancers of the mouth and/or throat are also included.
- [PRESSWIRE] Parma – 12 September, 2018 — A study, which has been published in NDT [1] today shows that caffeine consumption is associated with a lower mortality rate in CKD patients. This relationship has already been observed in the general population. Although this study shows that this association may persist if caffeine is consumed through caffeine-containing soft drinks, the president of the European Renal Nutrition Working Group, Professor Denis Fouque, recommends CKD patients not to consume these soft drinks, but to drink coffee or tea instead.
- [PRESSWIRE] Parma – 06 August, 2018 — New NDT study [1] shows that `normal´ pre-dialysis blood pressure measurement is not reliable. “Without performing extended ambulatory BP recordings (44h – 48h) we approvingly accept an error rate of about 30% in the diagnosis of hypertension in dialysis patients, a highly vulnerable patient group with a dramatically elevated cardiovascular risk. This is why EURECA-m recommends ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as gold standard for the diagnosis for hypertension in hemodialysis patient.”
- [PRESSWIRE] HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Aug. 3, 2018 — Building on the company’s pioneering approach to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and comorbid conditions, D’Amore Healthcare today announced the availability of a new program that will help organizations prevent associate fatigue and licit or illicit substance dependence.
- [PRESSWIRE] Parma – 10 July, 2018 — An Indian working group published five cases of nephrotic syndrome caused by MN with evidence of chronic mercury poisoning due to consumption of traditional Indian medicines such as Siddha and Ayurveda. The article was published in “Clinical Kidney Journal” (ckj), an official journal of the ERA-EDTA. “As long as there are no strict quality controls for substances used in traditional medicine, we have to warn our patients: Mercury poisoning can lead to MN as well as to many other severe health problems, affecting the brain, the gut and the kidneys.”
- [PRESSWIRE] Franklin, IN – 09 July, 2018 — G&H Orthodontics is a full line manufacturer of orthodontic products. G&H has supplied Orthodontists worldwide with the best products on the market for over 40 years. We are proud of the reputation that we have garnered in the industry and continue to look for ways to bring quality products to our customers. For this reason, we are excited to announce our collaboration with Premier Dental, and to offer our customers even more outstanding treatment options.
- [PRESSWIRE] ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands – 5 July, 2018 — A total grant sum of EUR 2 million has been awarded to a multidisciplinary EUROSTARS consortium. The EUROSTARS project is titled “Treatment Response Monitoring for Cancer Immunotherapies Using Immune Repertoire Analysis” and named IMMUNOMONITOR.
- [PRESSWIRE] Parma – 29 June, 2018 — The ERA-EDTA and the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN) are delighted to announce continuing progress in their joint collaboration in the important field of mineral and bone disorder in chronic kidney disease (CKD-MBD). This serious condition affects most people as their kidney disease progresses.
- [PRESSWIRE] Germany – 27 June, 2018 — Kidney diseases have so far been underestimated in many respects: most people are not aware of their impaired kidney function. In general, kidney diseases are “silent diseases”, most often there are no apparent early symptoms. Many people with kidney diseases are not aware that they have been living with higher risks of cardiovascular diseases, infections, hospitalizations, and of course kidney failure which requires dialysis or transplantation.
- [PRESSWIRE] SEATTLE, June 22, 2018 — LumiThera Inc., a commercial stage medical device company focused on developing non-invasive Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapies for ocular disorders and disease, announced CE Mark Certification for the European Union (EU) for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) utilizing its LT-300 Light Delivery System.
- [PRESSWIRE] Boston, MA – June 12, 2018 — Zaluvida a global life science group, announced today the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to inform the Human Health Research & Development department about the latest research, scientific methods, and opportunities for weight-loss management, and help further technology and product development for the company.
- [PRESSWIRE] Lisbon, Portugal – 12 June, 2018 — O IV Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) terá lugar no Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, em Lisboa, de 16 a 19 de junho. Este importante evento científico atrairá milhares de participantes de países europeus e não europeus.
- [PRESSWIRE] Lisbon, Portugal – 12 June, 2018 — The Fourth Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) will take place at the Lisboa Congress Centre in Lisbon from 16 to 19 June. This major scientific event will attract thousands of participants from European and non-European countries.
- [PRESSWIRE] WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As part of the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual conference in Chicago, June 1st through the 4th, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), a global nonprofit, will release three new research studies.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — 4-6 million people worldwide are affected by familial cystic kidney disease, the most common inherited kidney disease – accounting for ∼10% of European patients on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant. The range of potential therapies is still limited, so other novel therapy options are urgently needed.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — A late breaking clinical study [1] at the ERA-EDTA Congress in Copenhagen showed that the phosphate binder ferric citrate improves multiple aspects of abnormal mineral metabolism and raises hemoglobin in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), who do not have abnormal levels of blood phosphate or anemia.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is relatively high, at approximately 10% of the population, but only relatively few patients have endstage renal disease and require renal replacement therapy.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — Over a third of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have kidney involvement (lupus nephritis), and are at risk of end-stage renal disease and premature death. Current therapies are toxic and not routinely effective, so novel therapy options are urgently needed.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — A new analysis [1], published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation during this week’s ERA-EDTA Congress in Copenhagen, confirms that a kidney transplant before start of dialysis extends the life of both the patient and the transplanted organ. However, for patients who do not receive a preemptive transplant, the length of time they spend dialysis (dialysis vintage) no longer appears to reduce their life expectancy after transplantation.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — Development of disease is often related to the deregulation of a gene program controlled at the post-transcriptional level by microRNAs (miRNAs). A new review [1], published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation during this week’s ERAEDTA Congress in Copenhagen, shows that miRNAs are potential innovative biomarkers, and are promising as groundbreaking drugs. “The review of Laurent Metzinger and colleagues summarizes the current state of art of the research on miRNAs in kidney disease”, explains Professor Denis Fouque, editor-in-chief of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation (NDT).
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — A review [1] published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) during the ERA-EDTA Congress in Copenhagen highlights the importance of controlling all metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease in every potential kidney transplant candidate, both before and after transplantation.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — Klotho, the Greek goddess who spins the thread of life, has become popular among nephrologists, because the genes named after her encode receptors for hormones that play critical roles in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Namely, αKlotho and βKlotho function as receptors for two hormones, fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) and FGF21, respectively.
- [PRESSWIRE] Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 May, 2018 — The ERA-EDTA is the leading society in Europe for physicians working in the field of care for patients with kidney disease – and is the first medical association to try and implement ‘greener’ health care as suggested by the ‘Lancet Countdown’. Technical progress, e-health, the support of home and self care schemes and sustainable healthcare education and research are ways to ‘greener’ nephrology.