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Mayo Clinic 32 fun ways to burn calories this weekend
Activity (1-hour duration) Weight of person and calories burned 160 pounds 200 pounds 240 pounds Cardio, high impact 533 664 796 Cardio, low impact 365 455 545 Aerobics, water 402 501 600 Backpacking 511 637 763 Basketball game 584 728 872 Bicycling, < 10 mph, leisurely pace 292 364 436 Bowling 219 273 327 Canoeing… Read more »
Keep it Movin’
Transplant Doctors Encourage Physical Activity Regular physical activity is necessary for transplant patients to become as healthy and physically fit as possible. Many studies have shown that exercising as soon as a few weeks after transplant surgery can improve cardiopulmonary function, as well as counteract some of the side effects of the immunosuppressive medications…. Read more »
Rod Carew’s transplanted heart, kidney donated from ex-Ravens TE Konrad Reuland
Apr 14, 2017 Hall of Fame baseball player Rod Carew underwent heart and kidney transplants in December, receiving the organ donations from a former Baltimore Ravens tight end. Konrad Reuland died Dec. 12 at age 29 after suffering a brain aneurysm. His heart and kidney went to Carew, who was at the top of… Read more »
Things that make you go Hmm……
BAR HARBOR, Maine — One of Maine’s iconic forest dwellers may just harbor clues that could lead to better treatment and ultimately a cure for human kidney disease. Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor are studying black bear kidneys in an effort to determine how the animals are able to regenerate the organ… Read more »
Given the opportunity, would you take a kidney from an Older Patient ?
Kidney Donations Should Be Accepted From Older Patients Written by Shawn Radcliffe on December 15, 2016 Fact Checked Kidneys from older donors — living or deceased — can last for at least five years, providing some people on the kidney wait list with another viable option. Given the choice, most people on the kidney transplant wait… Read more »
A possible light at the end of the DARK tunnel……
Kidney breakthrough ‘could end the need for donors’ by JAMES CHAPMAN, Daily Mail Scientists have created the world’s first test-tube organs in a breakthrough that could revolutionise transplant medicine.The American experts are claiming to have used cloning technology to transform cells taken from a cow’s ear into functioning kidneys. The ‘spare-part’ kidneys were genetically identical… Read more »
I’m a little fish in a BIG pond
An estimated 23 million American adults have chronic kidney disease. Currently the NIH spends $655 million on kidney disease research. With good care, fewer than 10 percent of diabetics develop kidney failure. Management of complications has markedly improved the quality of life of dialysis patients. Dialysis dementia due to aluminum toxicity no longer occurs. Premature… Read more »
Today’s the day……
We all have ailments For those who are immunosuppressed, you will relate. For those who aren’t familiar with it probably just think I’m sick often. This is my life. It’s been basically 3 weeks that I have stayed in bed off and on. What started as bronchitis turned into pneumonia. The gym and eating… Read more »
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