Kidney Disease

Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water

2013-05-22 16:31:00

Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...

Study casts doubt on some findings about sodium

2013-05-14 17:49:00

Are Americans getting mixed messages about how much sodium they should be consuming? Lately, yes, and some of those messages are muddled because studies themselves are muddled, a panel of doctors has concluded. The Institute of Medicine panel...

Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...

Donate a kidney? A father's fears, a friend's devotion

2013-01-31 14:04:00

Carla Wensky came to her father last year for a word of advice. The woman from the small Wyoming town of Powell wanted to donate something she said she didn’t really need, that she could live without. One of her kidneys. Wensky’s good...

Dr. Joseph Murray dies at 93; Nobel winner performed first kidney transplant

2012-11-27 16:40:00

Since ancient times, surgeons have dreamed of transplanting healthy organs into patients disabled by disease and injury, but the human body's powerful immune system stymied all such attempts, leading many observers to conclude that the procedure was...

New Mexico traffic stop was case of police abuse, lawsuit alleges

2012-11-29 13:21:00

New Mexico lawyer Arlon Stoker calls the case the most obvious example of mistaken identity, color blindness or just plain meanness, and most likely all of the above. Stoker has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on behalf of an...

Thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert still has heart of a champion

2012-10-29 20:52:00

Bob Baffert is flat on his back and hears those around him saying he has the "widow maker," like he doesn't already know his chest is killing him. He's in Dubai this past March. He's 59 and figures he's doomed. "It was like, 'oh man, this is it.' I'm...

Dr. James West dies at 98; a founder of Betty Ford Center

2012-08-05 00:00:00

Dr. James W. West stood on the cutting edge of medicine in the middle of the 20th century and recognized "it sounded bizarre to remove an organ from a dead person and expect it to work." He was part of a team of surgeons who helped change that perception...

Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to...

Nick Cannon hospitalized for kidney issues after Aspen holiday

2012-01-04 16:38:26

Hold the bread? CDC warns of excessive sodium in U.S. diets

2012-02-10 10:30:46

Vann Nath dies at 66; Cambodian painter survived torture in prison

2011-09-06 00:00:00

Vann Nath, whose talent as an artist helped him survive Cambodia's most notorious prison during the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror in the 1970s and whose later paintings bore witness to the prison's many horrors, has died. He was 66. Vann Nath, who...

Warner Archive is releasing a nine-film DVD set of Bert Wheeler (left) and Robert Woolsey, a popular comedic act of the 1930s. The comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, was RKO's top duo in the 1930s.

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Dr. Christen A. Tibbs has joined the department of internal medicine at the Dreyer Medical Clinic's Oswego location. She has special interests in diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney disease, women's health, and preventive care.

2012-09-27 11:17:00

Dr. Anis Rauf: "There's nothing wrong with salt, as long as you use it in moderation and you don?t have kidney disease or high blood pressure. ? If you do, salt is the root of all evils."

2012-09-03 22:06:08