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2006 Press Releases & Media Alerts

Renal Week 2006

Media Alert- Research on the latest issues and scientific breakthroughs in nephrology being presented at Renal Week (11/9/06)

Media Alert- Key research on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) being presented at Renal Week (11/9/06)

Press Guide (11/9/06)

Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session to Highlight Anemia Study at ASN Meeting (11/17/06)

Framingham Score Underestimates Cardiovascular Risk for Dialysis Patients (11/9/06)

Hypertension During Pregnancy Increases Later Heart and Kidney Disease Risk (11/9/06)

Kidney Blood Flow Changes May Explain Increased Long-Term Risks for Overweight Kidney Donors (11/9/06)

Gastric Bypass Surgery May Lead to Increased Kidney Stone Risk (11/9/06)

Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Progressive Kidney Disease in African-Americans (11/9/06)

Analyzing Urinary Potassium May Improve Patient Outcomes (11/9/06)

Vitamin E-Coated Dialysis Filters Help Fight Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients (11/9/06)

Elias Zerhouni, MD, Director of the NIH, to Speak at ASN Annual Meeting (11/9/06)

Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD, Human Geneticist and Computational Biologist, to Speak at ASN Annual Meeting (11/9/06)

The Halpin Foundation and the ASN Announce Recipient of Research Grant to Study Membranous Nephropathy (10/3/06)

ASN Joins Kidney Organizations Worldwide in Welcoming World Kidney Day (3/8/06)

CJASN

Many Kidney Specialists Feel Unprepared for End-of-Life Decisions (9/13/06)
- (study in November's CJASN)

JASN

ACE Inhibitors Reduce Kidney Disease Risk in Diabetics with High Blood Pressure (10/31/06)
- (study in December's JASN)

Base Supplements May Help Fight Osteoporosis: Potassium Citrate Increases Bone Density by Neutralizing Acidity of Modern Diet (10/9/06)
- (study in November's JASN)

Small Drops in Kidney Function after Dye Injection Linked to Increased Mortality (8/21/06)
- (study in October's JASN)

Most ESRD Patients will Fall into the Medicare "Doughnut Hole": Kidney Patients Face High Drug Costs under Part D Plans (8/2/06)
- (study in September's JASN)

Link Between Birthweight and Blood Pressure Differs for Black vs. White Children: Biracial Study Raises Questions about 'Fetal Programming' Theory of Disease Risk (7/24/06)
- (study in September's JASN)

Risk of Kidney Disease Progression is Higher in US than Europe: Faster Declines in Renal Function Linked to Obesity and Diabetes (6/28/06)
- (study in August's JASN)

Increased Risk of Death with CKD (6/8/05)
- (study in July's JASN)

Obesity Triples the Risk of Chronic Kidney Failure (5/11/06)
- (study in June's JASN)

Simple Lab Tests May Predict 25-Year Risk of End Stage Renal Disease (4/7/06)
- (study in May's JASN)

While Incidence of Acute Renal Failure Rises, Risk of Death Declines (2/28/06)
Studies in April's JASN
- Declining Mortality in Patients with Acute Renal Failure, 1988 to 2002
- Incidence and Mortality of Acute Renal Failure in Medicare Beneficiaries, 1992 to 2001

Adverse Perinatal Outcome and Later Kidney Biopsy in the Mother (1/19/06)
- (study in March's JASN)

Lipid Marker Linked to Worsening of Kidney Disease (1/06/06)
- (study in February's JASN)

New Kidney Marker Predicts Death Risk in Elderly (10/31/05)
- (study in January's JASN)