Disease

Patients’ smoking behaviors may be associated with elevated risks for chronic kidney disease, but more data are needed, according to researchers.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology news stories related to chronic kidney disease in 2024.

A woman from Alabama is the latest to receive a gene-edited pig kidney in a recent xenotransplantation at NYU Langone Health, according to a university press briefing.

The journey toward a new sustainable, government-backed value-based model for kidney disease is now in year 4 with early results showing promise for the future.

Global increases in life expectancy have been accompanied by a similar rise in the number of years living with the effects of disease.

Presentations on the latest cardiometabolic research, panel discussions and meet-the-expert sessions are among this year’s highlights of the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease.

SAN DIEGO — ChatGPT 4.0 partly avoided discriminatory decision-making for patients with kidney disease, but had gaps in diversity, equity and inclusion, data show.

In this video exclusive, Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, president of the American Society of Nephrology discusses connections between kidney disease and obesity.

SAN DIEGO — Pegcetacoplan may offer a clinical strategy to stabilize kidney function and reduce proteinuria significantly for patients with C3 glomerulopathy or primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, data show.

SAN DIEGO — Health care providers and advocates must confront social disparities among patients with kidney disease to improve the standard of care, American Society of Nephrology President Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, said.