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Category: News Articles

Latest NHS advice on COVID-19 vaccine for patients and recipients

03/08/202124/09/2021

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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Renal patients and COVID-19 vaccination

28/01/202130/06/2021

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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Metformin drug decreases mortality rate in COVID19 patients with type 2 diabetes

25/01/202121/07/2021
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Vitamin D deficiency associated with higher risk of COVID19 hospitalization

25/01/202125/01/2021
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Patient feedback suggests that smart pill bottle could help improve adherence to critical medications

25/11/201928/10/2020
Smart Pill Bottle

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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Improving the detection and management of acute kidney injury through an innovative smartphone app

19/11/201911/10/2020
Smartphone AKI app image

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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Royal Free Hospital recruits first UK patient on to kidney stone trial

15/11/201928/06/2021
Dr Shabbir Moochhalla picture

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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Giving donor kidneys a boost so more transplants are possible

13/11/201928/10/2020
Giving Donor Kidneys a boost

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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Life-saving kidney delivered by drone

31/05/201921/10/2020

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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Featured Items

20/02/2023

Living Kidney Donation & Transplantation in Jain & Hindu Communities

Sunday 26th February 2023 at 4.00 – 6.00 pm A forum to raise awareness about...
02/02/2023

From PatientView to Patients Know Best

The current PatientView service allows you to access your latest blood test results online from...
02/02/2023

World Kidney Day, 9th March 2023

World Kidney Day is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of...
01/11/2022

Dealing with power and water supply problems on Home Dialysis

A number of patients have raised questions, below, about Home Dialysis, particularly APD (Automated Peritoneal...
29/09/2022

Information about NHS Prescriptions

If you are a renal patient, it is likely (for a variety of reasons) that...
10/08/2021

How we use donated funds

One of the most important responsibilities of the RFHKPA is to use donated funds wisely...

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