Posts Tagged ‘2012’


Researchers Discover that Obesity Hinders Kidney Donation: Data to be presented at National Kidney Foundations 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings

WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation. In fact, in the analysis of 104 potential living kidney donors, 23 (22 percent) donors were classified as morbidly obese, only three [...]

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