Chronic Kidney Disease News

Eating a variety of natural fiber-rich foods and avoiding fiber with phosphate additives may help youth with chronic kidney disease to meet adequate dietary fiber intake.

The top three home dialysis barriers cited by patients, caregivers and providers do not fully overlap, which suggests the need for diverse strategies for each group, according to a study.

CKD results in gradual damage to a patient’s kidneys over time, prevents the kidneys from properly filtering blood and can ultimately lead to kidney failure, which can lead to death.

ORLANDO — Semaglutide use was associated with significant reductions in worsening of kidney disease, cardiovascular events and all-cause death vs. placebo for adults with type 2 diabetes regardless of concomitant use of SGLT2 inhibitors.

Some patients on in-center hemodialysis were able to successfully adapt to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, but more research is needed on communication and privacy, data show.

Therapy dogs may help patients on hemodialysis better adhere to a treatment regimen, results from a new study show.

Patients with lupus nephritis who receive higher initial doses of glucocorticoids demonstrate improved renal outcomes, albeit with increased serious infection and mortality risks, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, discusses two hot topics in cardiometabolic medicine: icosapent ethyl and sotagliflozin.

Among older adults participating in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial, a low eGFR without albuminuria was associated with a higher mortality rate but not with increased risk of cardiovascular events, results showed.

PHILADELPHIA — A task force has issued an updated multispeciality guide to help clinicians manage diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases.