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First-line sparsentan use associated with proteinuria reduction in IgA nephropathy
BOSTON — Adults recently diagnosed with immunoglobulin A nephropathy who were assigned sparsentan as first-line therapy experienced rapid and sustained reductions in proteinuria, according to researchers.
GLP-1 drugs may extend life, graft survival for kidney transplant recipients with diabetes
For kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes, use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists was associated with improved long-term graft survival and overall survival, according to study data.
Early hyponatremia after starting thiazide associated with increased mortality risk
Patients who develop early hyponatremia after starting thiazide diuretics have a higher mortality risk than those with normal sodium levels, according to retrospective study data.
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Obesity medications can tackle metabolic cardiorenal disease
In previous First Word columns, I discussed the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on the kidney to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, CVD and overall mortality.
Top news stories related to diabetes and kidney disease in 2024
Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology news stories related to diabetes and metabolic dysfunction in 2024.
Center closures, hemodifiltration among top CKD-related news stories in 2024
Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology news stories related to chronic kidney disease in 2024.
CMHC to provide ‘exciting’ updates spanning cardio-kidney-metabolic sector
The 19th annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress will be held at the Boston Park Plaza and will feature the latest science in the areas of cardio-renal, obesity, diabetes and dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, thrombosis and more.
Wrong positioning for BP screening could overestimate measurements
Commonly used ways of positioning a patient’s arm during BP screenings may significantly overestimate BP and result in misdiagnosis of hypertension and overtreatment, an analysis suggested.
Impacts of social determinants on cardio-kidney-metabolic disease vary greatly across US
A county-level assessment of deaths from cardio-kidney-metabolic disease and social determinants of health revealed that particular determinants are more or less important in different U.S. regions, researchers reported in JAMA.
Disease severity improves for most patients with primary aldosteronism after adrenalectomy
Adults with primary aldosteronism had improvements in disease severity after undergoing an adrenalectomy, according to findings published in Endocrine Practice.
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