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Renal Center of Flower Mound staff
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About Renal Ventures Management. About North TX Kidney Disease Assoc. ESRD & Transitioning to Dialysis. What to expect during hemodialysis. Meet the staff of the Renal Center of Flower Mound. Dr Peri completed her residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and subsequently completed a nephrology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She is a physician partner and Chief Executive Officer of North Texas Kidney Disease Associates.
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Medical Tidbits: August 2014
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Daily Consumption of Pistachios May Improve Metabolic Risk Profiles in People with Prediabetes. Links to this post. Investigational Drug Blocks Inflammation-Induced Decrease in Blood Iron Levels. Are published in Blood. Links to this post. Mineral and Bone Parameters in Dialysis Patients Vary by Time of Day. Plasma phosphate levels demonstrated significant circadian variation, peaking around 3:30 am. With the nadir occurring around 11:00 am.
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Medical Tidbits: Restrictive vs. liberal transfusion strategies may not matter aftercardiac surgery
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Restrictive vs. liberal transfusion strategies may not matter after cardiac surgery. Restrictive transfusion thresholds after cardiac surgery didn't improve outcomes compared to liberal ones, a study found. 1,000) or a liberal transfusion threshold of 9 g/dL (. The primary outcome was a composite of a serious infection (sepsis or a wound infection) or an ischemic event such as a permanent stroke, myocardial infarction, infarction of the gu...
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Medical Tidbits: December 2014
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Thursday, December 11, 2014. Higher Insulin Doses May Increase Risks for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Are published in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism. Links to this post. Wednesday, December 10, 2014. BPA Exposure from Canned Beverages May Increase Blood Pressure. Included 60 older adults who drank soy milk from cans or glass bottles on 3 separate occasions, weeks apart. BPA is an endocrine disruptor that can mimic estrogen. Links to this post. Story 7, 1:10.
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Medical Tidbits: Lighter Jogging May Be Better Than Strenuous Jogging.
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Lighter Jogging May Be Better Than Strenuous Jogging. 2/3, Park) reports that research. Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that individuals “who push their bodies too hard may essentially undo the benefit of exercise.”. The Los Angeles Times. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). North Texas Kidney Disease Associates. Lighter Jogging May Be Better Than Strenuous Joggi. View my complete profile.
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Medical Tidbits: October 2014
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Sunday, October 26, 2014. Study: Gradual weight loss no better than rapid weight loss. 10/16, Knapton) reports half of the participants “were encouraged to lose 12.5 per cent of body weight within 12 weeks, and half who were allowed 36 weeks. The researchers found that eight out of 10 people assigned to the rapid weight loss programme achieved their goal compared with just 50 per cent of the steady dieters.”. Links to this post. Friday, October 17, 2014. Among 203 p...
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Medical Tidbits: Power Down in May for National High Blood Pressure Education Month
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Power Down in May for National High Blood Pressure Education Month. Http:/ www.cdc.gov/Features/HighBloodPressure/. Reducing high blood pressure can lower your risk for stroke and heart attack. Less is better in some things, including in blood pressure. About 1 of 3 US adults—67 million people—have high blood pressure. 1. High blood pressure makes your heart work too hard and increases your risk of heart disease and stroke. More than 360,000 ...
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Medical Tidbits: July 2014
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Thursday, July 10, 2014. Extreme Obesity Shortens Life Expectancy up to 14 Years. Was based on data from 20 large studies from the United States, Sweden, and Australia. Links to this post. Kidney Donation Appears Safe for Healthy Older Adults. Are published in the American Journal of Transplantation. Links to this post. Wednesday, July 9, 2014. High-Dose Intravenous Vancomycin May Cause Less Nephrotoxicity than Previously Reported. Found that patients who developed ...
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Medical Tidbits: June 2014
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Monday, June 23, 2014. Million Hearts and Eating-Well magazine launch heart-healthy nutrition resource. Monday, June 23, 2014. Million Hearts and Eating-Well magazine launch heart-healthy nutrition resource. By helping individuals and families access content and recipes to promote consumption of healthier foods, this consumer-friendly addition to existing Million Hearts tools supports the initiative’s goal of preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes. 6/23, Per...
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Medical Tidbits: November 2014
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Highlights Of The Latest Medical News. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Yogurt Consumption Linked with Reduced Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes. Eating a 28 g serving of yogurt every day was associated with an 18% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a meta-analysis of 14 prospective cohorts with 459,790 participants and 35,863 incident type 2 diabetes cases. Other dairy foods and consumption of total dairy were not appreciably associated with diabetes incidence. The BMC Medicine. Links to this post.
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