Chronic Kidney Disease

Geriatric assessment may be successfully applied to chronic kidney disease care for patients older than 70 years, and health care providers perceive it as relevant and beneficial, data show.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease have a 24% lower risk for kidney disease progression and cardiovascular and kidney mortality with once-weekly semaglutide 1 mg, according to topline results from the FLOW trial.

Chronic kidney disease and compromised kidney function were significantly associated with late age-related macular degeneration, according to a pooled analysis of 10 Asian-based studies.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease derive similar cardiovascular and kidney benefits from finerenone, regardless of their level of insulin resistance, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Patients with chronic kidney disease who followed a healthy or overall plant-based diet had a lower risk for all-cause mortality than those who followed an unhealthy plant-based diet, according to recently published data.

Adults who achieve type 2 diabetes remission are less likely to develop chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease, according to study findings published in Diabetologia.

John Davis, the CEO of Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, will retire, according to a recent press release.

Select contaminants within the phthalate class may be linked to more rapid deterioration in kidney function, researchers from New York University found in a recently published study.

A chart review completed by Spherix Global Insights shows that more nephrologists are using SGLT2 inhibitors to treat patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a press release.