Feature Channels: Kidney Disease

Filters close
3-Nov-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Protected From a Form of Cell Death, Women are More Resilient to Kidney Disease
Duke Health

In the battle of the sexes, women beat men in their ability to recover from kidney injury, but the reasons are not well understood. A study led by Duke Health researchers provides some insights: Females, it turns out, have an advantage at the molecular level that protects them from a form of cell death that occurs in injured kidneys. This protection could be exploited as a potential therapeutic.

Released: 8-Nov-2022 10:20 AM EST
Somatus First Kidney Care Company to Achieve Certification for Claim of Improved Patient Outcomes from Validation Institute
Somatus

Somatus, the nation's leading and largest value-based kidney care company, has received a 2022 Validation Program Report certifying the claim that kidney disease patients who receive Somatus Transition of Care Assessment (TCA) services have fewer hospital readmissions than similar patients who do not receive TCA services.

2-Nov-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Michelle A. Josephson, MD, FASN, to Become Next President of the American Society of Nephrology
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is pleased to announce that Michelle A. Josephson, MD, FASN, will become the society’s next president. Dr. Josephson, who succeeds Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN, will assume her new role on January 1, 2023.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
The COVID-19 pandemic has had direct and indirect impacts on the mortality of patients on dialysis
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, mortality risk for both COVID-19–positive and other patients on hemodialysis fluctuated in line with two waves of the pandemic in the general population.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Did having kidney disease and other conditions affect COVID-19 outcomes in different waves of the pandemic?
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

During 4 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the risk of severe COVID-19 was associated with pre-existing chronic kidney disease, as well as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Conservative management vs. dialysis for preventing hospitalizations in patients with advanced kidney diseases and different ethnicities
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Researchers have compared the impact of conservative management vs. dialysis on hospitalization outcomes in patients with advanced kidney disease across different races/ethnicities.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Strategy Suggests Combining Surrogate Markers for Kidney Disease Progression in Clinical Trials
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

In clinical trials of patients with chronic kidney disease, combining information from the treatment effects on two markers of kidney disease progression—urinary albumin:creatinine ratio change and glomerular filtration rate slope—improves predictions of treatment effects on clinical endpoints.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Risks of kidney failure and death differ in Black and white veterans over time after chronic kidney disease onset
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Among US veterans with chronic kidney disease (CKD), Black individuals had a higher risk of developing kidney failure compared with White veterans, and their risk was more pronounced in the early years after kidney disease onset.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution May Increase Kidney Disease Risk
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Among adults with normal kidney function, exposure to higher concentrations of components of air pollution was linked with higher risks of later developing chronic kidney disease.

Released: 4-Nov-2022 10:55 AM EDT
Exploring How Diethylene Glycol Poisons the Kidney and the Combined Effects of St. John's Wort and Acetaminophen on the Liver
Society of Toxicology

A ToxSpotlight article in the November 2022 issue of ToxSci assesses the mechanism for cellular accumulation of diglycolic acid while another explores the effect of long-term St. John’s wort administration on acetaminophen-induced acute hepatotoxicity and the involved mechanisms.

2-Nov-2022 9:45 AM EDT
High-Impact Clinical Trials Yield Results that Could Improve Kidney Care
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The results of numerous high-impact clinical trials that could affect kidney-related medical care will be presented in-person and online at ASN Kidney Week 2022 November 3–November 6.

28-Oct-2022 3:15 PM EDT
Population-Level Study Provides Reassuring Data on the Risk of Kidney Disease Relapse After COVID-19 Vaccination
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• In a population-level study of 1,105 adults with stable glomerular disease (a type of autoimmune kidney disease), a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine was not associated with relapse risk; however, receiving a subsequent vaccine dose was associated with a 2-fold higher relative risk of relapse. • Importantly, the increase in absolute risk associated with vaccination was low (1–5% depending on type of glomerular disease), and most vaccine-associated disease flares were mild.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Analysis Links Impaired Kidney Function with Cognitive Disorders
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

In an analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study, albuminuria (a marker of kidney disease) was associated with signs of silent stroke, and patients with albuminuria had a higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Artificial intelligence–based algorithm predicts major adverse kidney events after hospitalization
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Researchers have developed and validated an artificial intelligence–based algorithm to predict hospitalized patients’ risk of major adverse kidney events after discharge.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Artificial Intelligence–Based Model Predicts Patients’ Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Investigators recently developed and validated an artificial intelligence–based model that can help clinicians predict which patients in the intensive care unit are most likely to develop acute kidney injury.

31-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers Develop and Test Risk Score for Childhood Kidney Condition
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Scientists have generated a polygenic risk score for pediatric steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome, a kidney disease in children.

Newswise: Ochsner Pharmacist Makes Case for Reducing Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for Acute Kidney Infections
Released: 2-Nov-2022 5:40 PM EDT
Ochsner Pharmacist Makes Case for Reducing Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for Acute Kidney Infections
Ochsner Health

A new study led by Ochsner infectious diseases clinical pharmacist Kevin Lin, PharmD, was recently published in PLoS One, suggesting that oral cephalosporins are as safe and effective as the standard of care fluoroquinolones (FQs) for the treatment of acute kidney infections.

31-Oct-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Dapagliflozin Is Not Only Clinically Effective, but Also Cost Effective in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

A recent analysis indicates that dapagliflozin is a cost-effective treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease in addition to standard of care.

Released: 2-Nov-2022 11:30 AM EDT
American College of Rheumatology Educating Dermatologists and Nephrologists on Lupus Clinical Trials Racial Disparities
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has released Continuing Medical Education (CME) for dermatologists and nephrologists to help them learn more about clinical trials for lupus patients in their treatment areas and the importance of getting more of African American/Black patients enrolled.

25-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Ticagrelor–aspirin antiplatelet therapy more beneficial in persons with normal renal function
American College of Physicians (ACP)

An analysis of the CHANCE-2 trial has found that persons with normal renal function receive greater benefit from antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor–aspirin versus clopidogrel–aspirin. The analysis is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Released: 31-Oct-2022 4:05 PM EDT
American Society of Nephrology Commends Congressional Recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

● The Congressional Kidney Caucus recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program. ● Kidney health leaders join the Congressional Kidney Caucus in calling for greater emphasis on intervening earlier and increasing disease awareness, increasing access to transplantation, and accelerating innovation in kidney health in the future of the ESRD Program.

Newswise: New Onset Chronic Kidney Disease in People with Diabetes Highest Among Ethnic, Racial Minorities
Released: 31-Oct-2022 6:00 AM EDT
New Onset Chronic Kidney Disease in People with Diabetes Highest Among Ethnic, Racial Minorities
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

New onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people with diabetes is highest among racial and ethnic minority groups compared with white persons, a UCLA-Providence study finds. The study, published as a letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that new onset CKD rates were higher by approximately 60%, 40%, 33%, and 25% in the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic/Latino populations, respectively, compared to white persons with diabetes.

24-Oct-2022 11:25 AM EDT
Study assesses symptom trajectories and outcomes in patients with kidney disease
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

● Among individuals with varying levels of chronic kidney disease who were not on dialysis, the prevalence of individual symptoms ranged from 24% (chest pain) to 83% (fatigue), and 98% of participants reported at least one symptom. ● Patients categorized as having a “Worse symptom score and worsening trajectory” of symptoms had higher risks of later needing dialysis and of dying before dialysis initiation.

Newswise:Video Embedded kidney-week-2022-the-world-s-premier-kidney-meeting-to-connect-people-from-across-the-globe
VIDEO
Released: 27-Oct-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Kidney Week 2022—the World’s Premier Kidney Meeting—to Connect People From Across the Globe
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) will hold Kidney Week, the world’s premier kidney meeting, in Orlando, FL, November 3–6, 2022. The results of scientific studies and high-impact clinical trials that will advance kidney-related research and medical care will be presented in-person and online.

24-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
How do Canadians feel about new law that assumes consent for deceased organ donation?
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

In 2019, two Canadian provinces passed deemed consent legislation, where adults are automatically presumed to consent to organ donation upon their death unless they registered to opt out.

Released: 25-Oct-2022 3:10 PM EDT
New Drug Is Found Effective for Treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant infections.

Released: 24-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Study Sheds Light on the Development of Inflammation, High Blood Pressure and Resulting Kidney Damage
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found that the change in a single letter of the genetic code promotes, in a mouse model, the development of inflammation, high blood pressure and resulting kidney damage.

Newswise: Alcoholic Pancreatitis Patients with Continued Alcohol Intake May Finally Have Therapeutic Options
Released: 21-Oct-2022 2:50 PM EDT
Alcoholic Pancreatitis Patients with Continued Alcohol Intake May Finally Have Therapeutic Options
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Researchers at the Miller School are looking for solutions to the continued effects of alcohol use, its harmful impact, and treatment. Understanding the mechanisms of alcohol abuse has gained importance, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher alcohol consumption led to an increased burden of pancreatic diseases in society.

Released: 21-Oct-2022 2:25 PM EDT
Researchers Examine What Happens When Patients Can Choose Concurrent Dialysis and Hospice Care
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Today, patients utilizing their Medicare Hospice Benefits with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are forced to make the traumatic choice between continuing dialysis or enrolling in hospice.

Released: 20-Oct-2022 10:35 AM EDT
Single-Port Robotic Surgery Improves Patient Ratings of Scarring After Urologic Procedures
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

The use of next-generation, single-port surgical robots leads to improved cosmetic outcomes and patient perceptions of scarring after robotic kidney, bladder, or prostate surgery, reports a study in Urology Practice®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA).

Newswise: New Treatment for Urinary Tract Cancer Could Prevent Kidney Dialysis, Transplant
Released: 19-Oct-2022 1:20 PM EDT
New Treatment for Urinary Tract Cancer Could Prevent Kidney Dialysis, Transplant
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is now offering a new treatment for patients with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer that could safely avoid removal of the entire kidney, which may prevent the need for dialysis or kidney transplant in the future.

Released: 18-Oct-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Psoriasis does not appear to increase heart attack risk in people with significant kidney disease
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Studies have suggested that psoriasis is an independent risk factor for heart attack in the general population, but investigators have made the surprising finding that in people who also have end-stage renal disease, which shares many risk factors with heart disease, it is not.

Newswise: Awake Patients Can Have Kidney Stones Moved, Blasted
Released: 7-Oct-2022 1:15 PM EDT
Awake Patients Can Have Kidney Stones Moved, Blasted
University of Washington School of Medicine and UW Medicine

In the procedure, the physician uses a handheld transducer placed on the skin to direct ultrasound waves towards the stone. The ultrasound can then be used to move and reposition the stones to promote their passage, a process called ultrasound propulsion, or the break up the stone, a technique called burst wave lithotripsy (BWL).

Released: 7-Oct-2022 11:45 AM EDT
Combined ultrasound technique can reposition and break up urinary stones in awake patients
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

A new technique combining two types of focused ultrasound waves offers a promising approach for treatment of urinary stones located in the ureter, according to a feasibility study in The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 5-Oct-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Long Term Acute Care Hospital Officially Opens To The Public
Hackensack Meridian Health

“We are excited to open our 18th hospital in the Hackensack Meridian Health network. This new LTACH will provide numerous benefits to our patients, their families and our community, which will lead to optimizing patient outcomes,” said Robert Garrett, chief executive officer, Hackensack Meridian Health.

28-Sep-2022 11:25 AM EDT
First Ever in Pediatrics: World Experts Set Agenda to Improve Care of Acute Kidney Injury in Kids
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

First pediatric international conference on acute kidney injury (AKI) resulted in an expert consensus statement published in the journal JAMA Network Open. In this milestone publication, 46 global experts identify key issues in pediatric AKI and set a focused research agenda for the next five to 10 years.

Released: 28-Sep-2022 8:05 AM EDT
American Society of Nephrology and 21 Kidney Community Organizations Call on Congress to Protect Living Donors
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Today, advocates of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and 21 other kidney health professional and patient organizations are meeting with their congressional delegations, calling on them to protect living donors and improve access to transplantation

20-Sep-2022 2:10 PM EDT
New research provides employment figures of kidney transplant recipients
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

In an analysis from The Netherlands, the proportion of employed stable kidney transplant recipients was 56%.

Newswise:Video Embedded heat-stress-prompts-kidneys-to-tap-into-their-reserves
VIDEO
Released: 22-Sep-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Heat Stress Prompts Kidneys to Tap into Their Reserves
American Physiological Society (APS)

Acute kidney injury is among the top causes of hospitalization during a heat wave. New research sheds light on why kidney injury increases during heat waves and why certain populations are at greater risk. The study was chosen as an APSselect article for September.

Newswise: National Cancer Institute renews $11.5 million program of excellence award in kidney cancer
Released: 22-Sep-2022 8:05 AM EDT
National Cancer Institute renews $11.5 million program of excellence award in kidney cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed UT Southwestern’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Kidney Cancer Program (KCP) Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) award. First awarded in 2016, the KCP SPORE is focused on translating discoveries and innovation at UT Southwestern into advances in patient care.

Released: 20-Sep-2022 2:25 PM EDT
Dietas ricas em cálcio e potássio podem ajudar a prevenir cálculos renais recorrentes
Mayo Clinic

Cálculos renais podem causar dores lancinantes e estão relacionados à doença renal crônica, osteoporose e doença cardiovascular. Pessoas que tiveram cálculo renal uma vez têm 30 por cento de chance de ter outra incidência dentro de cinco anos. Incluir alimentos ricos em cálcio e potássio pode prevenir cálculos renais recorrentes, conforme descoberto pelo estudo da Mayo Clinic.

Released: 20-Sep-2022 2:25 PM EDT
高钙和高钾饮食可能有助于预防肾结石复发
Mayo Clinic

肾结石可导致剧烈疼痛,并与慢性肾病、骨质疏松症和心血管疾病相关。对于曾患过肾结石的人来说,在五年内复发的几率为30%。妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic) 的研究发现,食用富含钙和钾的食物可预防肾结石复发。

Released: 20-Sep-2022 2:20 PM EDT
الأنظمة الغذائية الغنية بالكالسيوم والبوتاسيوم قد تساعد في منع تكرار حصوات الكلى
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- قد تسبب حصوات الكلى ألمًا مبرحًا وترتبط بأمراض الكلى المزمنة وهشاشة العظام والمرض القلبي الوعائي. ومن يُصاب بحصوات الكلى مرةً لديه فرصة بنسبة 30% للإصابة بحصوة أخرى في غضون خمس سنوات. كما وجدت دراسة أجرتها مايو كلينك أن تناول الأطعمة الغنية بالكالسيوم والبوتاسيوم قد يمنع تكرار حصوات الكلى.

Released: 20-Sep-2022 2:15 PM EDT
Una alimentación con alto contenido de calcio y potasio puede prevenir la recurrencia de cálculos renales
Mayo Clinic

Los cálculos renales pueden causar un dolor insoportable y se los asocia con la enfermedad renal crónica, la osteoporosis y la enfermedad cardiovascular. Las personas que tuvieron un cálculo renal por primera vez tienen un 30 por ciento de probabilidades de presentar otro en un periodo de cinco años. Según un estudio de Mayo Clinic incluir alimentos con alto contenido de calcio y potasio puede prevenir la recurrencia de los cálculos renales.

14-Sep-2022 9:55 AM EDT
How might eliminating race-based adjustments in estimates of kidney function affect kidney transplant waitlisting?
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

New clinical equations that estimate individuals’ kidney function have eliminated an adjustment for Black race. This study examined the impact of using these new race-free equations on the accumulation of waiting time for kidney transplantation before a patient needs dialysis.

Released: 16-Sep-2022 9:30 AM EDT
Nephrology’s Ongoing Inclusion Initiatives Highlight Its Unwavering Support of the LGBTQ+ Communities
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Washington, DC (September 16, 2022) —The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is honored to announce its donation of $25,000 to the onePulse Foundation as a part of ASN’s pledge to bring its values to Florida. ASN encourages others to contribute to this campaign and support the Foundation’s mission to create and support a memorial that opens hearts, a museum that opens minds, educational programs that open eyes, and legacy scholarships that open doors.

Newswise: UT Southwestern researchers identify a gene therapy target for polycystic kidney disease
Released: 15-Sep-2022 4:40 PM EDT
UT Southwestern researchers identify a gene therapy target for polycystic kidney disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Blocking the inhibition of PKD1 and PKD2 gene expression by deleting a binding site for microRNAs hindered the formation and growth of kidney cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) models, UT Southwestern researchers reported. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest a strategy for gene therapy with the potential to arrest or cure ADPKD.

Newswise: Blocking an Ion Channel Improves Muscle Function and Survival in Mice with Severe Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Released: 13-Sep-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Blocking an Ion Channel Improves Muscle Function and Survival in Mice with Severe Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that an experimental drug first developed to treat kidney disease prolongs survival and improves muscle function in mice genetically engineered to develop a severe form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).



close
1.4737