Chronic Kidney Disease

Kidney diseases are biologically modulated by sex and can be culturally modulated by gender. There are well-described sex- and gender-specific differences in the prevalence and prognosis of some kidney diseases, the prototype of which is lupus nephritis.

Healthmap Solutions Inc. has raised $100 million to advance its kidney disease-focused population health management business, nearly tripling the size of a spring 2022 funding round, according to a press release.

Maintaining a large plant protein-based diet was associated with a lower risk of chronic kidney disease, according to recently published data.

Hospital burden of patients with chronic kidney disease may mostly be driven by multi-day admissions for non-directly related conditions, recent data show.

U.S. House Reps. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala., have re-introduced The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act.

Intake levels of fruit and vegetables are associated with worsening chronic kidney disease, according to recently published findings.

In a joint statement, the American Society of Nephrology and National Kidney Foundation expressed concern about the United States Preventive Services Task Force final research plan for chronic kidney disease.

Concomitant chronic kidney disease and diabetes was prognostic of all-cause death and MI within 3 years among women undergoing drug-eluting stent implantation, according to new data.

While SGLT2 inhibitors are often associated with bone and mineral metabolism irregularities, it remains unclear if these are linked to higher fracture risk in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to recently published research.

Diet and nutritional status of patients with stage 4 to 5 chronic kidney disease may not vastly differ between those with or without diabetes.