Dr. Roger Smith MBBS, DM

Dr. Roger Smith MBBS, DM A graduate of The University of The West Indies. Dr. Roger Smith is a specialist in Nephrology and I

Dr. Roger Smith is a nephrologist and internist practising out offices at Meridian Medical Specialists conveniently located next door to Andrew's Memorial Hospital. He is medical director for the Katie Hoo hemodialysis unit and Hargreaves Dialysis. He is a lecturer at the University of The West Indies in Internal Medicine. He provides consultation on acquired and genetic kidney disease in the inpatient and outpatient setting. He is a coauthor on papers laying the foundation of the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in Jamaica and now has an active interest in preventing acute kidney injury.

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20/07/2017

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The Kerr family lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Craig was diagnosed with PKD about 20 years ago. His kidneys are covered with cysts and failing. Three of his fou...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170626142509.htmSupar is to the kidney what cholesterol is to the heart, a...
11/07/2017

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170626142509.htm

Supar is to the kidney what cholesterol is to the heart, arguably the best quote of the article.

Between 15 and 20 percent of black people carry a genetic mutation that puts them at risk for certain chronic kidney disease, but only about half of them develop the illness – a variance that long has puzzled researchers. Now a study has found that the gene mutation’s toxic effects require higher th...

14/06/2017

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170328145257.htm

The physical stress of running a marathon can cause short-term kidney injury, according to new research. Although kidneys of the examined runners fully recovered within two days post-marathon, the study raises questions concerning potential long-term impacts of this strenuous activity at a time when...

14/06/2017

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170529090008.htm

New treatment strategies over the last few decades have meant that nowadays 95% of transplanted kidneys function well for at least one year and that the average lifespan of a transplanted organ is between 10 and 15 years. In 1989, one in five kidneys was no longer functional after one year.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170518140214.htm
25/05/2017

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170518140214.htm

A small, thin square of an organic plastic that can detect disease markers in breath or toxins in a building's air could soon be the basis of portable, disposable sensor devices. Scientists have now demonstrated a device that monitors ammonia in breath, a sign of kidney failure.

https://hsci.harvard.edu/kidney-repair-shopThe future.
22/05/2017

https://hsci.harvard.edu/kidney-repair-shop

The future.

Regeneration is, of course, the Holy Grail of medicine. Many diseases are chronic because they are a consequence of damage to organs or tissues beyond any natural repair mechanism. When kidneys are damaged beyond repair, the only answer may be transplantation (severely restricted due to the scarcity...

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