Chronic Kidney Disease News

Use of explainable machine learning combined with an AI classifier can aid health care providers in making accurate diagnoses and identifying root causes of chronic kidney disease at early stages, research data show.

A multicenter study identified factors associated with mortality among patients with Candida auris bloodstream infection.

Symptoms like poor appetite, nausea and stress may be more common with severe chronic kidney disease and reduce quality of life in patients not on dialysis, data show.

Fruits and vegetables may be beneficial in the treatment of hypertension to reduce chronic kidney disease progression, according to published data.

Combining gut microbiome manipulation with immunotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy conveyed clinical benefit for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, results of a randomized phase 1 trial showed.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who are referred to a clinical pharmacist are more likely to meet their HbA1c goal and receive appropriate medication management of comorbidities than people receiving usual care, according to a presenter.

Patients with chronic kidney disease who have preeclampsia during pregnancy may face higher risk for long-term kidney function decline or end-stage kidney disease, data show.

Dietary acid reduction from fruits and vegetables or sodium bicarbonate improved kidney health in patients with hypertension and macroalbuminuria, findings from a randomized controlled trial showed.

The National Kidney Foundation has released new recommendations for the use of genomics to test for, and diagnose, genetic kidney diseases, according to a press release.

SGLT2 inhibitors were associated with similar renal and CV outcomes vs. GLP-1 receptor agonists for patients with diabetes, regardless of chronic kidney disease status, researchers reported.