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| Nephrology Note Edition 17 | November 2012 |
| Patient Q&A: Interview with Barbara J. |  The Nephrology Note features a dialysis patient in each edition of the newsletter. This quarter, we would like to introduce you to Barbara J., who Loves to cook a great meal and loves to sew. Click here to read more. |
| The Gift of Life: A Kidney Transplant Part 4 |  The FutureIn Greek mythology, the Chimera was a fearsome, fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a serpent. So what do researchers have in mind when they are attempting to turn a kidney transplant recipient into a Chimera? It is not her monster qualities that intrigue them, but the possibility of harnessing the Chimera's ability of living with the body parts of three different animals without the use of immunosuppressive medications.
After 10 years, only about 50% of kidney transplant recipients still have a functioning organ despite the use of anti-rejection drugs. The remedy, of course, would be tricking the recipients body into believing the transplanted kidney is made of its own tissue and over the last decades, researchers have experiemented to achieve just that. To read more, Click Here.
Miss the first 3 Parts of The Gift of Life: A Kidney Transplant? Click the links below for the full educational series: |
| Heavy Teens At Higher Risk For Kidney Disease |  By MyHealthNewsDailyStaff Being obese or overweight during adolescence may raise the risk of having debilitating kidney disease later in life, according to a new study from Israel.
Teens in the study who were overweight at the age of 17, were three times more likely to have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) over the next 25 years, compared with the general population, according to the 25-year study of more than 1 million people. To read more about this study, Click Here. |
| Inadequate Education ID'd As Barrier to Home Hemodialysis | |
 Barriers to implementation of successful home hemodialysis include lack of patient and physician education, according to a study published online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Noting that home hemodialysis is an underused dialysis modality in the United States, Bessie A. Young, M.D., from the Puget Sound Health Care System at the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues examined the barriers to home hemodialysis, focusing on patients, individual physicians and practices, and dialysis facilities. Suggestions to overcome these barriers were made. Click here to continue.
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| Man Credits Square Dancing With Helping Manage Kidney Disease | |
By Marissa Harshman of Columbian.com
Elmer Toops and his wife, Betty, recently square danced during an event at the Hazel Dell Grange Hall. Elmer was diagnosed with kidney failure two years ago. Recently, his dialysis provider named him one of the country's 20 "Champions in Motion" for staying physically active despite his kidney disease. The Toops have squared danced for 32 years, even as Elmer endures kidney failure. To read more, Click Here. |
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