Kidney
- Andhra Pradesh
Doctor among 6 arrested in Vizag kidney racket case
Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam Police have arrested a doctor and five others in a kidney racket case. Cases under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 307, 326 and 420 have been registered against them. More…
- India
‘Kidney, liver for sale’ poster in Thiruvananthapuram rattles people
Thiruvananthapuram: ‘Kidney, Liver for sale’, this was a poster that appeared in front of a house at Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram, making people initially think that it was a prank played by someone or…
- India
Bengaluru: Cyclothon organised to create awareness on kidney health
Bengaluru: To create awareness on kidney health, the Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru organised a second edition — bean-shaped (kidney) Cyclothon 2.0 in Bengaluru on Sunday. Divided into two loops covering 100 km,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Doctors remove enlarged kidney carrying 20 litres of waste
Hyderabad: Doctors at the Asian Institute of Nephrology & Urology (AINU) here have successfully removed a ‘gigantic kidney’ carrying 20 liters of fluid waste or urine in it. The size of this…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HRC orders probe against 5 cops in kidney selling case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Human Rights Commission has ordered a departmental inquiry against five senior police officers in connection with a 29-year-old mentally challenged person’s kidney selling and suspicious death case. The Commission…
- India
UAE: Football-sized tumour removed from Indian man’s stomach
A team of surgeons at a private hospital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has removed a tumour the size of a football weighing 4.65 kilograms from the abdominal cavity of a…
- Health
Coffee consumption may reduce risk of acute kidney injury: Study
Maryland: A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers suggests that coffee consumption is linked to a reduced risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). The findings, published May 5 in the journal…
- Health
Scientists identify new liver and kidney disease
London: Scientists have identified a new disease in a ground-breaking discovery that could help patients with unexplained liver and kidney problems. Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK have established the inherited…
- Hyderabad
206 kidney stones removed from man in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: In a rare case, as many as 206 kidney stones were removed from a patient at Aware Gleneagles Global Hospital in Hyderabad. These stones caused the 56-year-old patient to suffer from…
- Health
Can low-dose lithium help improve kidney health?
New Delhi: Long known as a valuable treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium may also be useful in treating kidney disease, a silent killer which affects about an estimated 10 crore people in…
- Hyderabad
Appeal for help: Hyderabad man in dire need of kidney transplant
Hyderabad: 25-year-old, Mohammed Asif, a resident of Hyderabad, has been suffering from kidney failure and is in dire need of a kidney transplant. For the same, he has been seeking financial help…
- Health
Research finds correct diet can help safeguard against acute kidney injury
Berlin: Four out of six different nutritional strategies help out in preventing acute kidney injury, suggests a team of researchers. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Translational Research’.…
- Health
Right diet can safeguard against acute kidney injury: Study
Berlin: A research team has established that four out of six different nutritional strategies prevent acute kidney injury. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Translational Research’. Acute kidney…
- Middle East
Egypt: Four-month-old baby born with four kidneys
Cairo: In a rare case, a four-month-old baby boy was born with four kidneys in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt. The child is afflicted with a condition called duplex kidney, which occurs in…
- Health
Study finds better long-term outcomes with infant kidney transplants
California: A new study has found improved outcomes for children with kidney disease who receive transplants as infants. The study has been published in the ‘Transplantation Direct Journal’. Infant kidney transplants comprise…
