Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spends $7 billion a year on dialysis treatments, yet kidney- failure patients frequently either die before they stabilize or live in misery, a new report concludes. Patients do better when they are diagnosed early and have longer dialysis sessions...
...what about the couple that sets aside, as a matter of course, a clone of each of their children? If one of them died, the child could be replaced with a genetic equivalent. If another required a bone marrow or kidney transplant, a donor could be thawed and raised with tissues that are guaranteed to be 100% compatible. Or what if the couple just feels like having a third child that is more like their daughter than their son? By thawing out the corresponding embryo they could have a second daughter who would be a twin of the first, only...
...test, a kind of tissue matching used to decide who will probably accept a kidney transplant most successfully, is less accurate for blacks than for whites. The result: blacks receive only 22% of donated kidneys (not counting transplants from relatives) though they make up 31% of patients waiting for such an operation...
Slate died because of kidney failure, his family said...
...report by the National Research Council concludes that fluoride, now in the drinking water of 132 million Americans, poses no health risk. Reviewing studies on fluoride's health effects, the council found no link with kidney disease, cancer, or stomach or intestinal problems...