... Abstract Patients who reach the end-stage phase of renal disease (ESRD) display an exceedinglyhigh risk for cardiovascular (CV) complications. However it is still unclear whether in patientswith chronic kidney disease (CKD) a critical glomerular filtration rate (GFR) threshold existsbelow which...

... Abstract Background: With the growth in the global economy, the number of patients worldwide undergoing renal replacement therapy such as hemodialysis is increasing by 6–7% annually. Accordingly, medical costs for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progressing to end-stage renal...

... Abstract Chronic kidney disease (CKD) exacerbating vascular disease poses a major challenge to nephrology. Surgically placed vascular fistulas, as an aid to hemodialysis prior to kidney transplant, have extended many lives, while post-surgical restenosis closure of the fistula by smooth muscle...

... Abstract Acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are the most important manifestations of end-stage kidneys' structural changes. ACKD is caused by kidney damage or scarring and it is characterized by the presence of small, multiple cortical and medullary cysts...

... Abstract Numerous drugs with different mechanisms of action and different pharmacologic profiles are being used with the aim of improving glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. The therapeutic options for patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are limited...

... Abstract Modern advances in medicine have meant that young people with liver disease now have the opportunity to live into adolescence and adulthood. However, this comes at a cost; regular trips to doctors/hospital and often a regime of lifelong daily medication. Traditional models of medicine...

... Abstract Great strides in the understanding of the neuropathologic basis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been achieved over the past century. An overview of the history, current understanding and recent advances in the neuropathologic basis of AD are highlighted in this chapter. Recent...

.... In this paper, we discuss the early evidence that individual response to ethyl-EPA might be a function of copy number variation. To this end, the research carried out in Huntington's disease is germane, given that the genetic cause (increased CAG repeats) of this neurological disorder are well characterized...

... Abstract Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (ALZ) representlater-life onset neurodegenerative disorders that gradually rob those afflicted of their qualityof life. Purpose: This chapter offers practice-based recommendations on how instructionand practice of Tai Chi...