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Kidney transplant recipients still vulnerable to COVID-19 post-vaccination

Kidney transplant recipients are still at high risk of severe disease due to the coronavirus even after being fully vaccinated, disease experts have warned. “What we’re telling patients right now is, unfortunately, they’re going to have to take extra precautions of continuing to do all the things that we had to do early on, which… Read More: Kidney transplant recipients still vulnerable to COVID-19 post-vaccination »

Passing kidney stones: 2-drug combo may relieve pain

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, may have found a combination of drugs that can relieve the pain of passing a kidney stone. They performed their study in pigs. Anyone who has ever passed a kidney stone knows that it can be a painful experience. Every year, over half a million… Read More: Passing kidney stones: 2-drug combo may relieve pain »