| Sea salt - it's just Salt, grade C | 4:26 PM, Nov 26 2011 |
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And it's still bad for you, in the amounts most of us eat. There is no evidence for any extra benefits from sea salt, and it's very expensive. BBC report of the 'Which' findings. |
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| Give a kidney, one's enough | 12:00 PM, Nov 04 2011 |
| A new charity just launched aims to encourage Altruistic Kidney Donors - people who donate a kidney just to help, without knowing the possible recipient. Read More | |
| Edinburgh's hepatitis outbreak of 1970 | 6:41 PM, Nov 16 2010 |
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40 years ago an outbreak of hepatitis in the Edinburgh renal unit killed 8 patients and 4 members of staff, and hepatitis affected over 30 people. More info on the History of Nephrology blog Read More |
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| Transplant 50th anniversary | 8:43 PM, Oct 07 2010 |
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On 30th October 1960, the UK's first successful kidney transplant was carried out in Edinburgh, between identical twins. Read More |
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| Organ Grinding Jazz at the Festival Aug 10-16 | 7:37 PM, Aug 03 2010 |
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Keyboard player Maff Potts donated a kidney to saxophonist Andy Williamson: their group the Organ Grinders is appearing at 11pm at Ghillie Dhu each night from Aug 10-16th. Info and tickets here Read More |
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| Yachts round the world for transplantation | 4:53 PM, Jul 24 2010 |
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Patients and staff from Edinburgh are joining a round-the-world yacht race to support transplantation. Read More |
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| 50th Anniversary of dialysis for ESRD | 4:45 PM, Jul 24 2010 |
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50 years ago in Seattle the first patient started dialysis with the deliberate intention of keeping him alive despite end stage renal failure. More in the history of nephrology blog. Read More |
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| Transplant across blood group barriers | 8:47 AM, Apr 08 2010 |
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Scotland's first transplant from a donor with what would previously have been considered to be blood group-incompatible was carried out last year. Video clip from STV Read More |
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| 30th anniversary of the National Cooperative Dialysis Study | 10:04 PM, Mar 14 2010 |
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In March 1980 the results of the NCDS, the first multicentre randomised trial in dialysis became known. It was a landmark trial - and good and bad things came from it. Read More |
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| Earthquakes and renal failure | 6:12 PM, Jan 17 2010 |
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Rhabdomyolysis was recognized in people trapped under collapsed buildings during WW2. More from the history of nephrology blog. Read More |
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| Welcome to New Edren | 7:11 PM, Dec 09 2009 |
| It's the look that's new, most of the content is the same. Read More | |
| iPhone-friendly | 11:00 PM, Jun 28 2009 |
| Support for PDAs and other small-screen devices is developing - how does this look on your screen now? Read More | |
| New-look website Nov 2009 | 11:00 PM, Jun 27 2009 |
| The content is mostly the same, but we have transferred all our pages from the old server at renux.dmed.ed.ac.uk to this one. Read More | |
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