Nephrology
Conference Coverage
Will tirzepatide slow kidney function decline in type 2 diabetes?
Compared to insulin glargine, tirzepatide was associated with significantly less new-onset macroalbuminuria in patients with T2D at high...
Conference Coverage
AUA 2022: A report from the trenches
Hundreds of talks and abstracts were presented over the 4 days in New Orleans.
From the Journals
Mixing BP meds with NSAID may be ‘triple whammy’ for kidneys
In the absence of additional risk factors, there was no indication of an elevated risk for AKI when an ACE inhibitor and NSAID are combined.
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Lowering BP according to newest guidance would cut CV events
Two-thirds of patients would need new or intensified hypertension treatment to reach an SBP less than 120 mm Hg, as set in the 2021 KDIGO...
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Surgeons in China ‘are the executioners,’ procuring organs before brain death
An analysis of articles published in obscure Chinese language journals provides damning evidence of decades of widespread organ harvesting from...
Latest News
Empagliflozin scores topline win in EMPA-KIDNEY trial
Researchers stopped the 6,600-patient EMPA-KIDNEY trial sooner than expected because it positively met prespecified efficacy criteria in a trial...
From the Journals
Opting out of dialysis not instant death sentence for kidney disease
The study “dispels the notion that conservative care for kidney failure means a grim and near-immediate death.”
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Antiseptic as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent UTI
Using methenamine hippurate as an alternative could play an important role in helping to tackle the global problem of increasing antibiotic...
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Community genetic testing prompts behavior change in patients
“These two measurements – the change in blood pressure and increased kidney function tests – act as hallmarks for detecting beneficial lifestyle...
Conference Coverage
Finerenone + SGLT2 inhibitor of benefit in diabetes with CKD?
Results from FIDELITY, a prespecified analysis of data from two pivotal trials of finerenone, hints of an additive benefit with SGLT2 inhibitors...
Commentary
What is the healthiest salt for you?
The key to which salt is healthiest depends on the person. Our bodies need some sodium to function, just not in large amounts.