(Source: Health News, 25 February 2011)
Despite major advances in kidney care over the last two decades, type 1 diabetes patients with kidney dysfunction still have high rates of kidney failure and heart-related death, researchers have found. The findings show that more effective treatments are needed for these patients, according to the authors of the new study.
One-third of type 1 diabetes patients develop macroalbuminuria, a condition where high amounts of protein are lost through the urine. These patients are at increased risk for kidney failure (end-stage renal disease) and death from heart-related causes, the researchers explained in a news release from the American Society of Nephrology. Read more
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