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renal impairment
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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
First-Ever Porcine Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged
[ad_1] The transplant team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reports that the recipient of the first-ever transplant of…
April 6, 2024