CKD Care Took a Back Seat During Pandemic Telehealth couldn't make up for lack of in-person healthcare visits Apr 08, 2021
Tepezza Restock Coming; Osteoporotic Fractures Broken Down by State News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 04, 2021
COVID Monoclonal Antibodies: Do They Work in Dialysis? Early data suggests efficacy but with big caveats Mar 30, 2021
Vascular Surgeon Admits Doing Unnecessary Procedures Feng Qin, MD, will pay $800,000 and be excluded from Medicare for 4 years Mar 11, 2021
Dialysis Crisis in Texas: 'Catastrophic' Half of dialysis units across the state still suffering winter storm havoc Feb 18, 2021
Is it OK to Cut Back on Prednisone After Kidney Transplant? 15-year follow-up data support the use of early steroid cessation Feb 03, 2021
More Top Research From Kidney Week 2020 Additional studies on anemia, heart risk, and racial disparities in chronic kidney disease Oct 27, 2020
Alternating Dual-Agent Tx Offers Better Remission in Nephropathy Corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide bests sequential tacrolimus-rituximab in PMN Oct 25, 2020
Finerenone Cuts Kidney, Heart Risks in CKD and T2D Patients saw less hyperkalemia than with spironolactone but still some Oct 23, 2020
Ertugliflozin Tx: Safe for the Heart in Patients With T2D Phase III VERTIS-CV trial meets primary endpoint of MACE non-inferiority Jun 17, 2020
Dialysis Services at Breaking Point With COVID-19 Shortage of supplies, machines for surge areas Apr 19, 2020
NKF 2020: New Lupus Tx; Staying on Spironolactone, and More Research highlights from the National Kidney Foundation virtual meeting Mar 30, 2020
Phosphate Binder Type Matters in Dialysis Hospital admission rates, healthcare costs varied according to binder prescribed Mar 28, 2020
Entresto in HF Tied to Less Kidney Decline Meta-analysis shows trend favoring drug over ACE inhibitor or ARB alone Mar 27, 2020
Phase II Success for Oral CKD-Related Pruritus Agent Novel drug activates kappa opioid receptors Mar 27, 2020
CKD, Uric Acid, and Heart Disease: What's the Link? Stage 3 CKD patients with higher uric acid levels also saw worse heart health Mar 26, 2020
Organ Transplant: 'Essential' Surgery in a Time of Pandemic Centers describe the tough choices, strategies, and outcomes they're seeing Mar 26, 2020
Quit Angiotensin Meds When Kidney Function Worsens? Not So Fast Low eGFR patients were better off staying on certain medications, study finds Mar 09, 2020
New Agent Relieves Itching for Patients on Dialysis "This is the first time anyone has shown anything that's worked" Nov 08, 2019
Dialysis Takes Heavy Toll on Elderly Loss of independence and increased caregiver burden common, study found Jun 27, 2019
Urine Marker Predicts Kidney Benefit With Trulicity Secondary AWARD-7 analysis finds subgroup getting the most renal protection Jun 11, 2019
Itchy Skin Threatens CKD Patients' Quality of Life More severe cases seen in those with higher stages of chronic kidney disease Apr 12, 2019
Wearables for Hyperkalemia Screening: Hold the Applause? Performance less than optimal in detecting excess potassium in kidney dysfunction Apr 03, 2019
Kidney Disease Payment System Draws Medicare Scrutiny 'We do not think the state of kidney disease care is acceptable' Feb 15, 2019
Case Report: Dialysis Patient Develops Challenging Comorbidity Elderly man with end-stage renal disease presents with evolving and unexplained symptoms Dec 26, 2018
AHA: Closing Dialysis Fistula Improves Heart Function Kidney transplant patients may benefit from reversing arteriovenous connection Nov 12, 2018
SGLT-2 for Stage 3 CKD; Opioids for CKD; Kidney Transplant Discard & Disabilities Roundup of more top abstracts from Kidney Week 2018 Oct 30, 2018
High-Dose Iron an Option for Maintenance Hemodialysis High-dose noninferior to low-dose, required less erythropoiesis-stimulating agent Oct 28, 2018
Sparsentan Cuts Proteinuria in Rare Kidney Disorder Significant reduction in UP/C ratio with higher doses in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis patients Oct 28, 2018
Shorter Wait Times May Favor HCV-Infected Kidney Transplants Long-term dialysis while waiting for uninfected kidney a larger risk Jul 09, 2018
In Lupus, Time on Dialysis Matters Survival in lupus nephritis worsens after 24 months of dialysis May 18, 2018
NKF SCM18 Roundup: Refused Donor Kidneys, Medication Mgmt, and More Other noteworthy research presented at NKF meeting Apr 15, 2018
Researchers: Screen Depressed Dialysis Patients for Suicidality Depression more prevalent in dialysis population Apr 12, 2018
Benefits, Drawbacks to Denosumab Tx in ESRD High rates of treatment-related hypocalcemia Apr 12, 2018
Readmissions High Among Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Nearly a quarter readmitted within a month Apr 12, 2018
TCT: Multivessel PCI Not Best in Cardiogenic Shock Trial data show mortality disadvantage versus treating culprit lesions only Oct 30, 2017
ASN 2017: The Future of Personalized Nephrology Tissue engineering, drug discovery challenges among highlight topics Oct 30, 2017
EndoBreak: Novo Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit; Hyperkalemia Tx Warning News and commentary from the endocrinology world Sep 08, 2017
