The NHS recommends that vaccination is the best protection for everyone from severe disease, risk of hospitalisation and death due to COVID-19. There was concern that the vaccine may not be as effective for patients classified as clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19 due to underlying…
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COVID-19 vaccines are safe after approval and clinicians strongly recommend renal patients to have the vaccination when it is offered. The physical vulnerabilities that are associated with renal failure and its treatment make it important to protect yourself. If you have any concerns, please talk…
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A public focus group has responded positively to a smart pill bottle, Pill Connect, developed by eLucid mHealth to prompt patients to take their medications on time. Pill Connect also allows both trial investigators and doctors to effectively monitor medication and provide novel insights into…
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Acute kidney injury (AKI), formerly known as acute kidney failure, is a sudden loss of kidney function. It iscaused by a number of medical problems including infections of the bloodstream, dehydration, drug toxicity, blockages of the urinary tract (from for example kidney stones) and specific…
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Patients who suffer from a particular type of kidney stones could benefit from a new drug being trialled at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH). People with inflammatory bowel disease, including conditions like Crohn’s disease, sometimes struggle to metabolise (convert) a substance found in many foods…
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What is the problem? More than 5,000 people are on the kidney transplant waiting list. Around half of all donor kidneys can’t be transplanted because they are not healthy enough, or doctors use ‘marginal’ kidneys of lower quality – but these are more susceptible to…
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Specially-designed drone able to maintain and monitor organ Many see huge potential for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) delivering medical products, with some drones already doing so in Africa. The US flight required a specially-designed drone which was able to maintain and monitor the organ. It…
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