Fruits, Vegetables Slow Kidney Disease Decline in Hypertensive Patients

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Nancy A. Melville

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/733007

November 22, 2010 (Denver, Colorado) — The addition of fruits and vegetables to a diet can help offset acid imbalances and reduce the worsening of kidney disease among patients with hypertension, according to research presented here at Renal Week 2010: American Society of Nephrology 43rd Annual Meeting.

The study of 40 patients with hypertension-related kidney disease showed that the addition of fruits and vegetables over the course of 30 days resulted in significant improvements in the urine parameters of kidney injury.

3 Blood Biomarkers May Help Identify Patients at High Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/731048

Laurie Barclay, MD

October 22, 2010 — Three biomarkers that can be tested in a single blood sample may help identify patients at high risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to the results of a study reported online October 21 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

"[CKD] affects 13 percent of the adult population in the United States and is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease," lead author Caroline S. Fox, MD, MPH, from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, in Massachusetts, said in a news release. "It is difficult to identify early abnormalities using serum creatinine, the most commonly used measure to assess kidney function.... Our results identify biomarkers that can improve CKD risk prediction."