Third Time's a Charm for GLP-1 Diabetes Device? FDA Staff Suggest Otherwise. Advisory committee to weigh in on safety concerns with GLP-1 receptor agonist implant Sep 20, 2023
When Temps Rise, So Do Medical Risks. Should Docs and Nurses Talk More About Heat? "This is not your grandmother's heat," says policy expert Sep 10, 2023
U.S. Unveils First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations Treatments for heart failure, Crohn's disease, and diabetes make the list Aug 29, 2023
Compound in Beetroot Juice Fends Off Contrast-Induced AKI "Provocative" results for inorganic nitrate pill shown in NITRATE-CIN trial Aug 29, 2023
Pig-Kidney Xenotransplants Prove Successful in Two Brain-Dead Men "Life-sustaining kidney function" was seen with gene-edited pig kidneys Aug 16, 2023
Sugar-Heavy Diet Linked to Development of Kidney Stones Those who consumed 25% or more of their daily calories from added sugars had the highest odds Aug 04, 2023
Albuminuria Testing Falling Short in Patients at Risk for CKD If testing rates followed recommendations, some could start necessary meds sooner Jul 27, 2023
Gut Microbiome Instability Associated With Lupus Nephritis Flares One specific gut microbe may be a major factor Jun 27, 2023
Massive Kidney Stone Sets New Record Surgeons in Sri Lanka removed the record-setting stone earlier this month Jun 21, 2023
Cystic Renal Masses Often Harbor High-Grade Disease No link between grade and cancer-specific survival, active surveillance still an option for many Jun 16, 2023
Here's the Hydration Advice You Can Ignore Should you drink beyond your thirst? And does urine color really matter? Jun 13, 2023
Sotagliflozin Gets FDA's Blessing for Heart Failure SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitor approved on the basis of SOLOIST-WHF, SCORED trials May 27, 2023
PCI 'Roadmap' for the Coronary Tree Cuts Contrast Use Tool could hold promise for reducing acute kidney injury risk May 19, 2023
Sodium Thiosulphate Not Much Help for Calciphylaxis in CKD Though used off-label for years, treatment isn't very beneficial Apr 26, 2023
NKF Roundup: Latest Data on Tolvaptan, Terlipressin, and Lumasiran More research from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting Apr 17, 2023
Nonimmunosuppressive Therapy Bests ARB for Cutting Proteinuira in IgA Nephropathy Interim PROTECT data show nephroprotective potential of sparsentan Apr 15, 2023
Common Diuretic Pauses Atherosclerosis in CKD, T2D If finerenone isn't available, try spironolactone, said researcher Apr 15, 2023
Low-Potassium Diet Not Enough to Stave off Recurrent Hyperkalemia Consider adding a potassium binder to the mix, researcher suggests Apr 14, 2023
Renal Function Safe With Pegloticase-MTX Combo for Gout Analysis looked at patients with stage 1-3 CKD from the MIRROR trial Apr 14, 2023
Another Measure of Terlipressin Success in Hepatorenal Syndrome Goal of 30% reduction in serum creatinine in the absence of full response or HRS reversal Apr 13, 2023
Long COVID Patients on Dialysis See Elevated Oxidative Stress Markers Temporary vascular access, uncontrolled hypertension may be risk factors in this population Apr 13, 2023
Surgery No Help for the Kidneys in Older Folks With Primary Hyperparathyroidism But those under 60 saw a significant benefit with parathyroidectomy Apr 10, 2023
Stroke Outcomes Provide Some Clarity on Kidney-Brain Connection Kidney dysfunction, kidney damage increase risks in different ways, say researchers Apr 07, 2023
Cough Syrup Likely Culprit in Dozens of Child Deaths in Gambia, Says CDC Imported diethylene glycol-containing products resulted in an outbreak of acute kidney injury Mar 02, 2023
Daily Thiazide No Help in Preventing Recurrent Kidney Stones Three different dosages of hydrochlorothiazide no better than placebo Mar 01, 2023
FDA OKs Sparsentan for IgA Nephropathy-Related Proteinuria Non-immunosuppressive therapy led to 50% reduction in proteinuria Feb 21, 2023
Diabetes Drug for Cats Now Approved in Humans Too Oral SGLT2 inhibitor bexagliflozin indicated for adults with type 2 diabetes Jan 23, 2023
Conspiracy Theorists' Cancer Beliefs; HIV Meds and Ethnicity Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium levels and health outcomes Jan 07, 2023 podcast
Pre-Op Axitinib Helps for Partial Nephrectomy of Complex Renal Tumors Approach in small ongoing trial resulted in reduction in tumor size and complexity Dec 02, 2022
Watch for Severe Hypocalcemia in Dialysis Patients on Prolia, FDA Warns Agency said potential risk may require more frequent blood calcium monitoring Nov 22, 2022
FDA Panel Endorses Kidney Disease Drug for Serum Phosphorus Control Advisors see need for alternatives, citing suboptimal efficacy and tolerance of approved options Nov 17, 2022
After Rejection, Tenapanor for Kidney Disease Faces FDA's Outside Experts Drug's effect on serum phosphorus "small and of unclear clinical significance," say FDA reviewers Nov 15, 2022
Earlier Terlipressin May Be Better for HRS-AKI in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure More acute kidney injury reversals at 7 days and lower mortality with initiation at 12 hours Nov 07, 2022
Mixed Results With Alerts for AKI-Related Medications in Hospital EHR pings improved outcomes in those on PPIs, but lacked general clinical impact Nov 06, 2022
Stop RAS Inhibitors in Advanced CKD? STOP ACEi Trial Sheds Some Light Findings do not support discontinuation to improve kidney function, researchers say Nov 03, 2022
New HRS Drug Cuts Need for Renal Replacement Tx After Liver Transplant Follow-up data from CONFIRM trial show terlipressin benefit in key subgroup Oct 25, 2022
The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change Oct 11, 2022
Salt Pills During Diuresis: Acute HF Patients Neither Helped Nor Harmed Small randomized trial challenges conventional thinking about sodium Oct 05, 2022
FDA Finally OKs First Drug for Hepatorenal Syndrome Pivotal trial data showed terlipressin nearly doubled reversal of the condition Sep 15, 2022
Age-Related Kidney Function Loss Differs Significantly by Gender Age- and sex-adjusted definitions of chronic kidney disease may be necessary, researchers say Aug 17, 2022
