By teguh hadi s Saturday, June 21, 2014 1800s General Blood pressure is linked to kidney disease in the 1870s Revealed by Mahomed’s sphygmograph The discovery of hypertension and its linkage with renal disease came remarkably late. Richard Bright ...
By teguh hadi s Sunday, November 20, 2011 1990s Classic paper Diet Surprises from the 1994 Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study Low-protein disappoints; attention drawn to proteinuria and blood pressure The MDRD study was a landmark trial set up to prove the importanc...
By teguh hadi s Wednesday, May 6, 2015 1900s General The doctor's bag circa 1910 This doctor’s bag is in the London Science Museum. Though dated 1890-1930 much of its contents look very early 20th century. What it doesn’t...
By teguh hadi s Saturday, November 6, 2010 1960s HD UK Hepatitis outbreaks run through renal units: 1964-72 Staff as well as patients die, and new patients are turned down in affected centres From about 1964 there was increasing excitement that dia...