February 11, 2009
Education Helps ESRD Patients Cut Phosphorus Levels
MedPage Today is reporting on a new study in JAMA that looks at lowering phosphorus levels in dialysis patients.
Teaching end-stage renal disease patients how to identify hidden phosphorus in fast food and at the grocery store may have a clinically relevant impact on their health, researchers said.
Lead author Catherine Sullivan, MS, RD, LD, (and Manager of Clinical Research at the Case Center for Reducing Health Disparities) says in an accompanying audio report that, "it's very difficult to know when these additives are in there and how much is in there."
More information on the study can be found phosfoods.org.
Posted by Staff at 08:30 AM
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