Kidney Disease Genetic Risk Common in West Africans Observational study points to genetic risk allele dose-response Oct 29, 2024
No Kidney Benefit With Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients Anti-mineralocorticoid agent reduced albuminuria, but not eGFR-based kidney outcome Oct 28, 2024
Complement Inhibitor Shows Promise for Rare Kidney Disorder Ravulizumab reduced proteinuria, stabilized eGFR in IgA nephropathy Oct 28, 2024
Interim ALIGN Data: Atrasentan Cuts Proteinuria in IgA Nephropathy Surrogate endpoint of urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio "widely considered to be predictive" Oct 27, 2024
Alternative Pathway Inhibition Makes Good in IgA Nephropathy Treatment with iptacopan reduces proteinuria in interim APPLAUSE-IgAN analysis Oct 26, 2024
Pediatric Febrile UTI May Hurt Kidney Function Study also raises question of antibiotic prophylaxis in kids with common congenital anomaly Oct 26, 2024
Kidney Transplant Trouble Spelled Out for Newer Rejection Episode Categories Study details an intermediate prognosis with newer microvascular inflammation phenotypes Oct 25, 2024
Cardiac Surgery-Associated AKI Lower With Extracorporeal Blood Purification Device yields 10% absolute reduction in acute kidney injury within a week of surgery Oct 09, 2024
Can Exercise Bring on Rhabdomyolysis? A sports cardiologist explains the condition that hospitalized nine Tufts lacrosse players Sep 25, 2024
Early Parathyroidectomy No Boon for Preventing Depression But neurocognitive effects of surgery may be more subtle than a clinical depression diagnosis Sep 06, 2024
Amino Acids May Protect Kidneys During Surgery; EDTA for Chelation Therapy Also in TTHealthWatch: suicidality among spouses of people with cancer Aug 24, 2024 podcast
Renal Impairment Tracks With Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Study highlights another reason to keep RA under control Aug 22, 2024
FDA OKs Complement Inhibitor for IgA Nephropathy First-in-class iptacopan approved to reduce proteinuria in adults with rare progressive disease Aug 08, 2024
This Drug Class Keeps AA Amyloidosis in Check Staves off end-stage renal disease, retrospective study indicates Jul 22, 2024
Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection Jul 13, 2024 podcast
Diuretics for Ambulatory HF Patients With Volume Overload: Winners & Losers Three regimens compared head-to-head among abundant choices Jul 10, 2024
Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake Kidney transplants did not increase either Jul 02, 2024
Lupus Complications Reduced With Common Diabetes Drug Metformin benefits seen extending way beyond its glucose-lowering properties Jun 20, 2024
Amino Acid Infusion Before Cardiac Surgery Reduced Acute Kidney Injury The amino acid mixture reduced stage 3 AKI by 44% compared with placebo Jun 12, 2024
CAR-T Treatment Continues to Astonish in Rheumatologic Diseases Numbers of patients, length of follow-up keep growing with no visible downside (yet) Jun 12, 2024
Hypertension After Kidney Donation; Statins in Old and Very Old People Also in TTHealthWatch: fluoride's effect on pregnancy outcomes Jun 01, 2024 podcast
Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With Kidney Transplant Rejection But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation May 28, 2024
Ozempic Protects Kidneys, Boosts Survival in Diabetes Patients With CKD Phase III trial adds a fourth class shown to benefit this population May 24, 2024
PROTECT Drugs Tied to Slower eGFR Decline vs Standard Care in IgA Nephropathy Slower kidney function decline observed with sparsentan and irbesartan May 20, 2024
Many Patients With CKD Never Receive a Diagnosis These are people who are getting tested and seeing doctors, but still not getting diagnosed May 19, 2024
Gastrointestinal Bleeding More Common in Advanced CKD Risk was significantly higher regardless of dialysis status May 19, 2024
Not All Nephrologists Measure Kidney Size in 'Adult' Polycystic Kidney Disease Of those who do, 88% reported using the gold-standard imaging biomarker in determining prognosis May 17, 2024
Sparsentan Bests Irbesartan for Rare, Progressive Kidney Disease However, the FDA remains unconvinced that results support a new indication for the drug May 17, 2024
Blood Disorder Drug Cuts Proteinuria in Rare Kidney Disorder Reduced 24-hour UPCR by 38.3% May 16, 2024
Draw Between Two Diuretics for Renal Prevention in Hypertension But researcher questions if patients were underdosed May 16, 2024
Industry Clinic • Ad Insights Recognizing Racial Disparities Impacting Rare Kidney Disease Patients May 13, 2024
QT-Prolonging Meds Commonly Doled Out to Dialysis Patients Most scripts originated from clinicians other than nephrologists Apr 30, 2024
Paxlovid and COVID; Breast Cancer and Lymph Node Removal Also in TTHealthWatch: pragmatic model for chronic kidney disease Apr 20, 2024 podcast
California Sets Long-Awaited Drinking Water Limit for 'Erin Brockovich' Contaminant The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal Apr 18, 2024
Antipsychotics in Dementia Tied to Wider Range of 'Serious Harms' Steepest increases in risk observed for pneumonia, kidney injury, VTE, and stroke Apr 17, 2024
TNF Inhibitors for IBD Linked to Kidney Function Declines Observational VA data support recommendations for monitoring with initiation Apr 16, 2024
Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes Intervention "did not overcome barriers" to PCP, patient behavior changes, editorialists say Apr 15, 2024
No Difference in Kidney Failure Risk Between Three Anti-VEGF Agents for Eye Disease "We can let other factors guide our treatment," researcher says Apr 10, 2024
Primary Care Strategy Fails to Reduce Kidney-Dysfunction Triad Hospitalizations Secondary outcomes also showed no significant differences Apr 03, 2024
