Nephrology

Poor Prenatal Nutrition Permanently Damages Function of Insulin-producing Cells in the Pancreas The bottom line is that if you don’t have delivery of enough nutrients from the mother to the baby, the baby’s pancreatic cells will be programmed abnormally and sets the stage for type 2 diabetes later in life.

Less than 10 percent of adults with moderately decreased kidney function reported being told they had weakened or failing kidneys.

“Diabetic patients with end stage renal disease will usually die within 4 years, so probably it’s too late in the vascular life of the patient to [start] statin treatment.”

Most patients with Type 2 diabetes are not receiving care as per the ADA guidelines released in 2004 for diabetic nephropathy.

People with type 2 diabetes who have progressed to kidney failure don’t gain much benefit from treatment with a statin drug like Lipitor.

The effects of pancreas and kidney transplantation on diabetic complications vary widely.

Greater Reduction of Proteinuria For Type 2 Diabetes With Enalapril/Losartan Combination Enalapril plus losartan showed a reduction of 51% in proteinuria. Combination therapy with losartan and enalapril is more effective in reducing proteinuria than either treatment alone in patients with nephropathy secondary to type 2 diabetes, according to a team …

People with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes could improve their odds of living longer and improve their heart health by taking these drugs, known as ACE inhibitors, a new study shows.

Research suggest that long-term therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor appears to reduce urinary albumin excretion and improve lipid metabolism in patients with hypertension.

In a study of more than 4000 subjects, elevated cholesterol levels were found to be associated with an increased risk of renal dysfunction in apparently healthy men