Kidney Disease

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which struck the Caribbean in September 2017, the American Society of Nephrology was asked to provide logistical support to kidney care providers and patients with kidney diseases.

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

Higher urinary arsenic levels were associated with kidney damage among U.S. adults in a study that assessed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Greater access to community health centers may improve outcomes for Medicaid recipients and adults without insurance who have end-stage kidney disease, data show. Amid systematic barriers in health care, “nephrology is unique in that U.S. federal health insurance, Medicare, covers most patients with ESKD irrespective of age or income,” Yoshio N. Hall, MD, MS, academic professor of medicine in nephrology at the University of Washington Kidney Research Institute in Seattle, told Healio. “However, this near-universal coverage does not extend to patients with non-dialysis-dependent kidney disease. As such, most nephrology practices in the U.S. continue to focus their care on patients who require maintenance dialysis."

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology news stories related to diabetes and metabolic dysfunction in 2024.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read AKI-related nephrology news stories in 2024.

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

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology-related exclusive features in 2024.

Extending the wait time between life-sustaining treatment withdrawal and circulatory death to 3 hours may boost the number of available deceased-donor kidneys for transplantation, data show.

Male patients in all age groups, especially those aged between 16 and 55 years, may face higher AKI risk than female patients, according to data that assessed the impact of sex and age on kidney health.