Chronic Kidney Disease

In a study using U.S. Military Health System data, adoption of the 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation that removes a race coefficient to determine eGFR may reclassify Black adults into more advanced CKD stages.

Patients with HIV who undergo immediate antiretroviral therapy may not experience significant differences in chronic kidney disease outcomes compared with patients who defer treatment.

Matrix metalloproteinase 2 may be associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease, especially in patients with low inflammation or with proteinuria, data show.

Shortly after graduating pharmacy school, Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Learning how to manage the disease while also going through pharmacy training was overwhelming, he said.

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.

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.

Cancer survivors who identify as LGBTQ+ had increased risk for numerous chronic health issues compared with non-LGBTQ+ survivors, results from a survey study showed.

PHILADELPHIA — Innovation and collaboration in nephrology may help combat organ scarcity and improve care, former HHS Secretary, the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, said at the American Transplant Congress.

BOSTON — Lowering cardiovascular risk for people with type 2 diabetes requires effort from far beyond the clinician’s office, leveraging creative community partnerships that address social determinants of health, according to a speaker.

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