Last year alone, some 500 new cases of chronic kidney failures were diagnosed, and if the trend continues, both the prevalence and incidence of end stage renal diseases will double in the next five years.

Diabetes and hypertension can scar the blood vessels that go to the kidney thereby spilling protein.

If this trend continues throughout the remainder of the fourth quarter 2005 and into next year, it would signify a solid victory in the music industry's efforts against illegal music file sharing in the U.S..

If it's a seesaw, it's a little bit tilted in favor of renters. If the occupancy trend continues, then people aren't going to be putting rents up. Rents would at least stay stable and possibly decline.

France once again continues to buck the trend although there is increasing divergence.

The number of human cases is on the rise ... and the virus continues to remain very changeable.