Nephrology
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Is Acute Kidney Injury Really a Single Disease?
AKI is associated with an increased risk for adverse outcomes, including post-AKI chronic kidney disease and a mortality rate of approximately 24...
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Plastic Pollution’s Next Victim: The Human Urinary Tract
Detection of microplastics in the urinary tract and their potential links to kidney and bladder diseases, as shown in animal studies, are...
Commentary
Help Your Patients Reap the Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
What if we focus on decreasing dietary restrictions, incorporating a variety of nourishing foods, and educating our patients, instead of on...
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Low Follow-up of Abnormal Urine Proteinuria Dipstick Tests in Primary Care
These findings expose a broad gap in screening for chronic kidney disease, which is especially concerning since newer kidney-protecting agents are...
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Diabetic Kidney Disease Therapies Keep on FLOWing
The FLOW study has elevated semaglutide to a new pillar of care for the management of diabetic kidney disease.
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Does Screening for CKD Benefit Older Adults?
“Screening older people for CKD may be of value to increase detection and enable disease-modifying treatment to be initiated at an earlier stage...
News from the FDA/CDC
Benralizumab Now FDA Approved to Treat EGPA Vasculitis
In a clinical trial, nearly 60% of participants achieved remission and 41% fully tapered off oral corticosteroids.
Commentary
Stones, Bones, Groans, and Moans: Could This Be Primary Hyperparathyroidism?
The classic symptoms include osteoporosis and bone tumors. People can get nephrocalcinosis and kidney stones.
Conference Coverage
A Simple Blood Test May Predict Cancer Risk in T2D
Can the markers of inflammation IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) be predictive...
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Thyroid Resistance Ups Mortality in Euthyroid CKD Patients
This association between Thyroid Feedback Quantile–based Index and all-cause mortality persisted in all subgroups stratified by age, gender, race...
From the Journals
Kidney Disease May Accelerate With Higher Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
The risk of developing stage 3b chronic kidney disease was nearly doubled in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had high disease activity.