Kidney Disease

I reflect on my privilege frequently. I live in a safe home in a leafy neighborhood with my wife and two children. We have employer-funded benefits. Our family is generally equipped to meet life’s challenges.

In value-based care, the term “follow the money” may be fitting to define the goal of payers providing care for patients with chronic kidney disease, kidney specialists said, because it is tied to a key outcome – hospitalizations.

Balboa Nephrology and IKONA Health have entered into a partnership to develop, test and commercialize education for people with kidney disease, according to a press release.

The National Kidney Foundation is set to recognize World Kidney Day on March 14 by advocating its patient-focused group Kidney Equity for All, according to a press release.

Chronic kidney disease stage G3 may be linked with considerable morbidity in a community-based setting, which shows a need for optimized early interventions, according to published data.

Major adverse kidney events occurred in a large portion of youths 90 days after undergoing continuous kidney replacement therapy, according to a published cohort study.

Diabetes mellitus may modify the link between chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder biomarkers and aortic stiffness in adults on peritoneal dialysis, according to recently published data.

The fish-related metabolite 1-docosahexaenoylglycerophosphocholine may be positively linked to reducing the risk of chronic kidney disease, according to recently published data.

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.

Patient-reported outcome scores effectively predicted clinical and health-economic outcomes in adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, a study found.