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ISHD Congress in Argentina: Cardiac and Metabolic Disorders in Hemodialysis. Sep 11-14, 2013.
ISHD: Abstracts and program available at this link: http://www.ishd-can2013.com.ar/downloads/libro_abstracts_2013.pdf

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Video library relating to history of dialysis available at the ISHD website
Links to People and Events in the History of Dialysis. Group One consists of 10 links to movies assembled at Travenol Laboratoriesies about important people and events in the early history of the early development of dialysis treatment. Group Two consists of additional links at public web sites also devoted to the history of dialysis.

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Copper from the diet may play an important role in Alzheimer disease in mouse model.
LA Times: After three months, the effects were dramatic: In the mice who took in high doses of copper, the scientists observed that copper accumulated in the small blood vessels of the brain. Compared to mice on low doses of copper, the high-copper mice showed four times fewer levels of a protein called LRP1, which transports beta-amyloid and other debris out of the brain. They also showed abnormally high levels of beta-amyloid production and of neuro-inflammation.

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Kaiser able to control 87% of subjects with hypertension
SF Gate: In just a decade, Kaiser Permanente was able to double the percentage of Northern California patients who got their high blood pressure down to healthy levels, using a deceptively simple program that involved close monitoring and the use of cheaper, more efficient drugs.

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Remote ischemic preconditioning via BP cuff increases heart surgery survival.
US News - Lancet: The researchers also followed patients for up to four years to determine if remote preconditioning had any effect on long-term health. One year after surgery, patients who had remote ischemic preconditioning were 73 percent less likely to have died of any cause, and 86 percent less likely to have died from heart attack or stroke, compared to those in the control group.

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