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kidney insufficiency
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NICE Approves Sparsentan for Kidney Disease Treatment
[ad_1] The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended sparsentan (Filspari, Vifor Pharma) for treating…
May 28, 2025
GLP-1 Benefits, Risks Detailed in ‘Atlas’ Mapping Outcomes
[ad_1] A study of more than two million people with diabetes builds on evidence of broad-ranging benefits and…
January 24, 2025
Unusual Causes of Kidney Disease: Searching for ‘Zebras’
[ad_1] An old adage physicians are taught is that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think of “horses,”…
December 6, 2024
Nighttime Outdoor Light Pollution Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
[ad_1] Living in areas saturated with artificial outdoor light at night is associated with an increased risk for…
September 6, 2024
Kidney Donor Mortality Plummets Over 30 Years
[ad_1] TOPLINE: The risk for perioperative mortality among living kidney donors has significantly declined over the past 30…
August 28, 2024
Dialysis Benefits in CKD Come With Trade-Offs
[ad_1] While older patients with chronic kidney failure who opt to start dialysis show a modest survival benefit…
August 20, 2024
Are US Electrophysiologists Too Easily Impressed?
[ad_1] My field of electrophysiology is abuzz with excitement over the new technology of pulsed field ablation (PFA).…
July 18, 2024
Antinephrin Autoantibodies: Biomarker for Kidney Disease?
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM — People with difficult to diagnose kidney diseases linked to nephrotic syndrome show uniquely high levels…
May 28, 2024
Semaglutide Kidney Benefits Extend to Those Without Diabetes
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM — Improvements in kidney function outcomes observed with glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in patients with…
May 27, 2024
Majority of Adults At Risk for CKM Syndrome
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Nearly 90% of adults were at risk of developing cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome between 2011 and 2020,…
May 8, 2024