Nephrology News

Can a Healthy Gut Microbiome Prevent Kidney Stones? Patients with kidney stones show key alterations in gut and urinary microbiota compared with those without.
Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
Your Patient Has a Drug Addiction, What's After Screening? Primary care clinicians can play a pivotal role in helping patients with substance abuse disorders achieve long-term recovery from addiction, through frequent checkup visits.
Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
When's Best to Re-dose Rituximab After Vasculitis Remission? A single-center study found that using B-cell levels to determine when to infuse rituximab reduced relapses in patients antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis.
Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
US FDA Approves Sweden-based Calliditas' Kidney Disease Drug The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Swedish drugmaker Calliditas Therapeutics' drug to treat rare kidney disease IgA Nephropathy (IgAN), the...
Reuters Health Information, December 20, 2023
Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy However, standard AI model predictions enhanced diagnostic accuracy by 4.4%.
Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
Where Is the 'Microbiome Revolution' Headed Next? Famed microbiome researcher Dr Martin J. Blaser shares what he sees as the most promising applications, and the rigorous clinical trials needed to realize them.
Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2023
Thiazide Diuretics May Promote Hyponatremia The risk for hyponatremia was higher with thiazide drugs compared with nonthiazide drugs in older adults and patients with comorbidities.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
Alert FDA Updates Labels for Two Cholesterol-Lowering Agents New bempedoic acid and bempedoic acid/ezetimibe labels add primary hyperlipidemia and remove the maximally tolerated statin requirement and statement on the effect on mortality.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
GVHD Raises Vitiligo Risk in Transplant Recipients "The findings suggest that early detection and management of vitiligo lesions can be improved by estimating the likelihood of its development in transplant recipients..."
MDedge News, December 18, 2023
Infections Down in Acute Care Hospitals Prevention strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections are having an effect, according to a new report on national- and state-level incidence.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
Debate Grows Over Facility Fees, Lawmakers Urge Transparency There's continued interest in more transparency about medical costs, in particular facility fees. But there's also a divided opinion about eliminating these payments for US medical care.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
Compounders: Don't Listen to Bad Press on GLP-1s The compounding industry is trying to quell misconceptions about its GLP-1 products, which prescribers can order while branded versions of the drugs are in short supply.
Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2023
Top 10 Fictional Docs on Streaming TV Both tried-and-true and out-of-the-ordinary holiday gift ideas are offered to those seeking a great present for a physician.
Medscape News Slideshows, December 15, 2023
Belzutifan Approved for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma The FDA approval makes belzutifan the first agent specifically indicated for renal cell carcinoma that has progressed after checkpoint inhibition and a VEGF-TKI.
Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2023
Alcohol and CV Risk: Both Beneficial and Harmful Effects? Some research has suggested that moderate alcohol consumption can benefit the heart, but new findings suggest that the picture is even more complicated than previously thought.
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2023
GLP-1 RAs for CVD: Are Cardiologists Ready? The SELECT trial catapulted GLP-1 RAs into the forefront of CVD prevention, but cardiologists are making their own decisions about whether and how they might integrate these agents into practice.
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2023
SCD Mortality Rates Improved for Black Patients in 2010s The average age of death for Black US patients with sickle cell disease rose from 39 years in 1999-2009 to 43 years in 2010-2020, reflecting improvements in treatment.
MDedge News, December 14, 2023
KDIGO Supports HCV+ Kidneys Going To HCV– Recipients "This update is intended to assist clinicians in the care of patients with HCV infection and CKD, including patients receiving dialysis (CKD G5D) and patients with a kidney transplant (CKD G1T-G5T)."
MDedge News, December 13, 2023
Kids Who Are Overweight at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease An increased risk for early CKD is observed even among adolescents with high-normal BMI and without diabetes.
Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2023
New NIST Standard Will Improve Diagnosis of Kidney Disease The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed the first human urine standard with accurate measurements of albumin.
Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2023
Renal Denervation for Hypertension: How Will It Be Used? Following recent FDA approval of two renal denervation systems for the treatment of hypertension, experts speculate on which patients will be prioritized for the procedure.
Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2023
Fresenius Medical Care Says Data on 500,000 People Stolen in US Dialysis group Fresenius Medical Care said on Wednesday that data including medical records on 500,000 patients and former patients were stolen from a US subsidiary's data warehouse.
Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2023
New Delhi Investigating Alleged Illegal Kidney Transplants The New Delhi city government is investigating an Apollo hospital after a media report linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants.
Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2023
Reducing Albumin Improves Kidney and Heart Function The tablet drug finerenone significantly reduces kidney risk in people with type 2 diabetes and also protects heart health, researchers found.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
Statin Use Remains Low for At-Risk Patients Expanded prescribing guidelines have not boosted statin use among patients who are at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
What Is the Dark Side of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists? Doctors who prescribe this class of medication should be aware of the rare side effects with which it is associated, said an obesity expert.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
Methotrexate Carries Higher Risk for Older CKD Patients Adverse event data showed an increased risk of myelosuppression, sepsis, pneumotoxic effects, or hepatotoxic effects.
Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
AHA 2023 Promising First Results With DNA Editing to Lower LDL The first-in-human HEART-1 trial of in vivo DNA editing called VERVE-101, shows reductions in LDL and PCSK9 protein in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
MDedge News, November 21, 2023
PREVENT: AHA's New Risk Calculator Incorporates CKM Health The new cardiovascular disease risk equations start at age 30, include measures of kidney and metabolic health, add heart failure, and remove race from the equations.
Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
Alert FDA OKs Symplicity Renal Denervation System for Hypertension After a mixed FDA panel review in August, the agency has approved Medtronic's Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system for treatment of hypertension.
Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
Before Signing an Offer Letter: Read This You just received an offer letter, but should you sign it right away? How legally binding is it? Is it the same as a contract? Experts weigh in.
Medscape Medical News, November 17, 2023
Kidney Week 2023 Albuminuria Reduction Fuels Finerenone's Kidney Benefits The findings of the mediation analyses underscore the important role that albuminuria plays in the nephropathy and related comorbidities associated with type 2 diabetes and CKD.
MDedge News, November 17, 2023
WHO: Smoking Cessation Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Up to 40% A policy brief details the risks of smoking in type 2 diabetes — along with the benefits of cessation; health professionals urged to help patients quit.
Medscape Medical News, November 17, 2023
AHA 2023 More Evidence of Better Outcomes With 120 mm Hg BP Target Intensive lowering of blood pressure to a systolic target < 120 mm Hg reduced cardiovascular events among high-risk individuals by 12% vs a target < 140 mm Hg in the ESPRIT trial.
Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2023
FDA Approves CorMedix's Drug for Bloodstream Infections The FDA approved CorMedix's antimicrobial drug for reduction of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with kidney disease, allowing the company to launch its first commercial product.
Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2023
Sleeping Beats Sitting? What a New Study Means for Your Patients Mounting evidence suggests that even small movement changes can benefit cardiometabolic health.
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
'Love More': Why Doctors Should Promote Social Connection Though some may still consider it to be pseudoscience, the positive data behind social connection is hard to deny. And it's easy for physicians to push.
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
T2D: Real Benefits of New Oral Antidiabetic Drugs Could combining SGLT2 inhibitors with GLP-1R agonists have a cardioprotective and nephroprotective effect for patients with type 2 diabetes?
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
AHA 2023 Low-Salt Diet Cut BP by 6 mm Hg in 1 Week: CARDIA-SSBP The blood pressure reduction brought about by the low-sodium diet may be comparable to that produced by a single antihypertensive medication.
Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
Kidney Week 2023 CKD-EPI eGFR Formula Surpasses Alternatives in Young Adults The two alternative formulas for calculating eGFR, the CKiD U25 and the European Kidney Function Consortium equations, showed higher levels of bias that resulted in underestimates of kidney function.
MDedge News, November 15, 2023

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