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Home - OMRF News - Archives for kidney failure

kidney failure

Activated Protein C might protect kidneys from diabetes

January 8, 2013

Increased ACP could slow or stop diabetic nephropathy, which kills kidney cells.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: Activated Protein C, Charles, charles esmon, chuck esmon, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, Dr. Death, Esmon, kidney, kidney failure, OMRF, p66, scientist-news, thrombomodulin

OMRF doctor warns of summer dehydration, heat illness

June 21, 2012

Even without exertion, too much sun can cause serious medical issues

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chakravarty, dehydration, Eliza, exertion, heat exhaustion, heat illness, heat stroke, kidney failure, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news

Oklahoma woman remembers OMRF with timeless gift

July 13, 2009

Every moment of every day, clocks were ticking in Frieda Fitzgerald’s home. Wall clocks, desk clocks, cuckoo clocks. They filled the walls and shelves of every room in her house. It was a collection Frieda and her late husband, H. Douglas, worked years to amass. When H. Douglas Fitzgerald’s days ran short—he died in 1989—Frieda, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: diabetes, Fitzgerald, kidney failure, muscular dystrophy

Diabetes

Diabetes is on the rise in our country and, for millions, a daily struggle to keep under control. With approximately 1.4 million new cases diagnosed each year, it is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputations and heart attacks. OMRF scientists are undertaking novel research about the effects of diabetes on the heart and […]

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