Word: renals
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...Where there's a buck to made, someone in Shenzhen will make it. Wiwijaya, an Indonesian-born ethnic Chinese, tells the harrowing story of his brother, who was suffering from renal failure. He ordered a replacement kidney for $25,000 and, as a 26-year-old, made the journey to southern China from Medan in 1996. The transplant was successful, but when he returned for an internal checkup last August something went terribly wrong. His stomach swelled up, his new kidney collapsed and he fell into a coma. A second transplant was ordered. "But the doctor had another plan," says...
...which occurs commonly in the environment, NATO officials argue. U.S. officials point out that the Department of Defense has been monitoring 33 American soldiers whose bodies contain fragments of depleted-uranium shells as a result of "friendly fire" incidents during the Gulf War, and none of them have developed renal difficulties or cancer...
KIDNEY CONCERN Here's a powerful reason to keep your weight--and blood pressure--under control. Folks who are obese have twice the risk of renal-cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer. High blood pressure also increases the risk of developing the cancer, with the odds doubling when readings exceed 160/110. Exactly why is unclear, but it is known that hypertension can damage the kidneys, which may make them vulnerable to carcinogens...
...March, Frimmer's illness had worsened. He suffered from anemia and renal failure. A condition called lymphedema caused fluid to accumulate in his legs, which made walking difficult, then rise into his chest, which made breathing as laborious as "trying to blow up a balloon in a bowl of Jell-O," he said. Unable to get comfortable, he slept sitting up, just an hour or so at a stretch. He was reluctant to use enough medication to quell the pain. "On a good day, I would guess the pain is life affirming. It lets him know he's still here...
...suffering from a genetic kidney disorder, brought a case against a Culver City, Calif., sperm bank, charging that the facility should have screened Brittany's biological father more carefully for genetic diseases. As it turns out, Donor 276, as the father has been dubbed, has a family history of renal disease, a fact that no one at the sperm bank bothered to uncover...