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$100 Dialysis – the vision
$100 dialysis will do for health what the $100 computer did for education. I have no expertise in dialysis, I’ve only published one paper and a letter that address it directly. What I know is that...
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Kidneys are Kool with a capital K
The Kool Kidney The kidney is still very much a black box to me. Hence, the box in this mini-infographic (a “minfo”) describing some of the cool stuff our kidneys do. As you can tell, it is not just...
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A brave beginning
Food depravation, occupation by fascist overlords, and decades before the invention of PCs and the blog are hardly conducive conditions for research, let alone major breakthroughs. One man thought...
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I am a pee scientist
I’m often asked “What do you do?” In order to avoid those glazed over looks, and in honor of World Kidney Day, I present to you Dr John’s five minute intro to his study of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)....
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Getting the users perspective
I can’t possibly expect to be able to comment on what it is like to be on dialysis – I’ve only observed the process. To try and understand more I have begun to search out some blogs by those on...
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Sam Sam the kidney man
Kidney recipients are brave and inspiring. The following is an extract (used with permission) from the Autumn newsletter of Kidney Health New Zealand (www.kidney.co.nz). I am fortunate enough to know...
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The costs and inequalities of diabetes
Tagged: Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Dialysis, health, minfos
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Deserved
Colleague Dr Suetonia Palmer just won a prestigious L’Oreal for Women in Science award. She’s one of my “go to people” for nephrological type questions (ie all the stuff I don’t know). This award is...
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The critical 1st 6 months post dialysis
Know someone about to start dialysis? I am sitting in a conference hall and have just heard a fascinating talk by Prof Chris MacIntyre about the danger to other organs for those undertaking dialysis....
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Have you got diabetes?
I am sitting in a meeting of the Australian and New Zealand society of nephrologists. I want to do them out of a job. Will you help? Diabetes is the number one risk factor for Chronic Kidney Disease...
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How can donor rates be increased? : guest post
I read the following in Kidney Health New Zealand’s annual report and with KHNZ and Paula Martin’s permission I have reproduced her great report. I am thrilled to see such important research being...
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An implantable artificial kidney
$100 Dialysis is my vision. University of California San Francisco researchers are doing some exciting research that may well be a step on the way. They are developing an implantable artificial...
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How many times do you wash your blood each day?
Stop Kidney Attack. See this great short video from last year’s World Kidney Day as to why it is so very very important to look after your kidneys. Or as Fred Dagg may sing “If it weren’t for your...
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Diabetes in NZ – new scary data
If this doesn’t scare you, you are an Ostrich. Otago University researcher Dr Kirsten Coppell has released new data on the prevalence of diabetes in New Zealand. See here for the press release. Basic...
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Two new Health Research Council grants worth crowing about
This week’s announcement by the HRC of Feasibility Study and Emerging Researcher grants have many great projects. Two in particular are worth crowing about (because they have some relationship to...
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A taste of success
Some recent successes of University of Otago Christchurch researchers: Chlorine bleach key in disease? Professor Tony Kettle from the Centre for Free Radical Research has won a prestigious Marsden Fund...
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Hot oil baths and other things to do on World Kidney Day 2015
“In ancient times the Persian philosopher Avicenna [Ibn Sina] noted that urine may be retained in crisis of fever (s393) and prescribed hot oil baths (s413)(1). Unfortunately, apart from the supportive...
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The Treatment of Kidney Failure in New Zealand
I am delighted to introduce a guest post from Dr Kelvin Lynn. Dr Lynn worked as a Nephrologist at Christchurch Hospital for 35 years and retired in 2015. He is the lead author for a book just...
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