Here’s a roundup of nephrology news over the past couple weeks. Click on the headlines to browse the articles. Or, if you’ve discovered other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our team or your nephrologist peers, we invite you to please share news links in the comments.
NKF Spring Clinical Meetings Offers a Well-Balanced, Multidisciplinary Program
The program for this year’s Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM19) will include a presentation on the long-awaited Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) guidelines for vascular access.
Is Kidney Failure a Man’s Disease?
A new analysis of data in the ERA-EDTA Registry shows that men are affected by kidney failure much more often than women.
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Tied to Kidney Disease
People exposed to secondhand smoke even a few days a week had more than 50 percent increased risk of developing kidney disease.
Kidney Disease Killer Vulnerable to Targeted Nano Therapy
By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers have reversed in an animal model the deadliest effects of chronic kidney disease, which kills more people in the United States each year than breast or prostate cancer.
Dialysis Is a Way of Life for Many Older Patients. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.
So-called conservative management can ease symptoms without dialysis in some people with kidney disease. But many of them are never given the option.
Hidden Risks: Do You Have Kidney Disease?
Almost half of those with severely reduced kidney function, but who are not on dialysis, don’t know they have the disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
How an Israeli Start-up Turned the Cellphone into a Testing Lab for Kidney Disease
An Israeli digital health start-up called Healthy.io has developed an FDA-cleared at-home smartphone urinalysis test to help people test their kidneys for proteins, a sign of damage to the organ.
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