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• Mumbai doctors link fairness cream to kidney illness in family

  The results from testing the various items, including the creams, at KEM’s Ayurveda laboratory shocked the doctors. “The levels of mercury in the skin cream was in thousands as against the permissible level of less than 1 ppm (parts per million),’’ said Dr Jamale. Mercury, a heavy metal toxic to humans, can inhibit melanocytes, the cells responsible for pigmentation. As the cream had high concentration of mercury, it was making them fairer while adversely affecting their kidneys.

  

• PGI Chandigarh gets kidney diseases research laboratory

  In addition to routine clinical investigations, the laboratory will also offer facilities for advanced diagnostics and research. A large bio-bank storing biological samples of patients with kidney diseases has been established.

  

• Can a poor diet lead to critical health issues in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease?

  The food you eat regularly dictates the health and function of your kidneys. The more food you consume, the more work your kidneys have. Hence, both the quality and quantity of food impact your kidneys daily. If you do not consume the right food, you are at an increased risk of kidney disease, which is difficult to detect in its early stages.

  

• The Heart and the Kidneys: Is there a ‘friendly’ relation?

  The increased fluid level puts further burden on the heart to pump it, therefore causing the heart wall gets thickened. This process once begins, goes into a vicious cycle of its own and ultimately leads to heart failure. This water inside our lung (known as pulmonary oedema) is a major cause of patients to get hospitalized due to heart failure.

  

• SSH gets lithotripsy machine to treat kidney stone

  Proposal for a new machine was submitted in late 2019. It took three years for the DMER and the Haffkine to implement this proposal. “The new machine has finally arrived. It is equipped with ultra-modern technology. It will definitely benefit many patients, especially poor patients coming from the peripheries,” said Dr Sunil Gupta, dean.

  

• Understanding the timelines for kidney failure and related treatment

  Along with understanding the timelines for kidney transplants, it is also essential to be aware of serious kidney diseases. It is critical to be aware of severe kidney diseases and their treatments in order to improve one's quality of life. Ignoring the warnings and symptoms can put a person in a life-threatening situation.

  

• Noida hospital performs over 1,000 organ transplantations

  Overall organ donation has less uptake in India, compared to most western countries, and even some in Asia. In India, every year almost 5 lakh people need some form of organ transplant, according to the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO).

  

• Yoga could aid Kidney Health says Nephrologist

  Yoga is a worthy life style intervention to pursue and improve blood pressure control to protect our kidneys

  

• Govt planning trade margin rationalisation for widely used drugs

  The Department of Pharmaceuticals and drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) are finalising a proposal in this regard following consultations with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and multiple stakeholders.

  

• Swelling around eyes, anaemia could be signs of kidney malfunction: KGMU

  Swelling around the eyes and legs, anaemia and occasional headache and vomiting, could be early warning signals of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to experts at Lucknow's King George's Medical University (KGMU).

  

• Kidney transplant activity in India has a long way to go

  The history of the first long-term successful kidney transplantation goes back to 1954. It was carried out between Herrick twin brothers in Boston by an American Surgeon Joseph Murray, for which he was honoured with a Nobel Prize in 1990. The first successful Kidney Transplant in India was done in the year 1971 at the Christian Medical College Vellore.