For the Sake of Your Kidneys, Think Twice About Reaching for the Salt Shaker
(MedPage Today) -- Adding salt to food, even just sometimes, was significantly associated with a higher risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), a large prospective cohort study showed.
In U.K. Biobank participants, those who said they always added... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 29, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records
(MedPage Today) -- Living with diabetes, Carlton "PeeWee" Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream.
The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 24, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Is Your Patient Married? Check Their Spouse's Blood Pressure, Too
(MedPage Today) -- Hypertension, the leading cause of death from heart disease and stroke both in the U.S. and worldwide, presents significant public health challenges. Globally, many health systems are individual-focused. This means that health... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 18, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds
(MedPage Today) -- Patients living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods were more likely to leave their prescriptions for standard heart failure medications unfilled, retrospective data from a large health system showed.
Among patients with heart... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 15, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation
(MedPage Today) -- Potential unintended consequences of Medicare's drug-price negotiation program were examined during a panel discussion hosted by The Hill and sponsored by the Alliance for Aging Research, an industry-funded nonprofit.
Wednesday... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 14, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Metformin for Diabetes in Pregnancy: Maybe Not, Trial Says
(MedPage Today) -- Adding metformin to insulin treatment for pregnant women with preexisting type 2 or gestational diabetes did not reduce composite neonatal adverse outcomes, according to the randomized MOMPOD trial.
The composite outcome -... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 12, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Quick Albuminuria Reduction Key Factor in Finerenone's Efficacy
(MedPage Today) -- Early albuminuria reduction with finerenone (Kerendia) drove protection against chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a post-hoc mediation analysis.
In the pooled analysis using... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 5, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
'Watch and Wait' With Small Renal Masses: When and How Should Docs Intervene?
(MedPage Today) -- Active surveillance of small renal masses appears to be safe, but if intervention does become necessary, what should trigger it?
"We now know that with at least 10 years of data that active surveillance is safe and non-inferior... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 4, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
'Alexa, Titrate My Insulin': AI App Boosts Glycemic Control in Randomized Trial
(MedPage Today) -- A custom artificial intelligence (AI) app for insulin management advice helped patients with type 2 diabetes gain rapid glycemic control, a small randomized clinical trial found.
In titrating basal insulin, those who used a... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 1, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Short-term prophylaxis with direct-acting antivirals was fully effective at protecting kidney transplant recipients when their donors had hepatitis C, a proof-of-concept study showed.
In the small, uncontrolled trial, a 2-week... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 1, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Sparsentan Bests Irbesartan for Preserving Kidney Function in IgA Nephropathy
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Sparsentan (Filspari) outperformed irbesartan in patients with IgA nephropathy over the 2-year phase III PROTECT trial.
Over a 110-week treatment period, those on sparsentan had an average 42.8% (95% CI -49... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - November 6, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2D
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - November 4, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Sparsentan Failed to Preserve Kidney Function Over Time in FSGS
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Treatment with sparsentan (Filspari) led to no significant differences in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) slope compared with irbesartan among patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - November 3, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Mid-Stage Win for Novel IgA Nephropathy Drug
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- An investigational humanized IgG2 monoclonal antibody reduced proteinuria in adults with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy at high risk for disease progression despite standard treatments, a randomized phase... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - November 2, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
How to Deprescribe Dialysis After Patients Leave the Hospital
(MedPage Today) -- Decreasing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a national priority formalized by the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative. Increased attention to dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury (AKI-D) may be an important step toward... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - October 19, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
