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Adults with class II to III obesity may have an increased risk for poor cardiac outcomes but not kidney risk after adjusting for potential confounders, according to multicenter data.

Preteens whose parents were incarcerated or arrested were more likely to experience suicidal ideation, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and reduced eGFR did not decrease the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events or major adverse kidney disease.

Age younger than 1 year at the time of cataract surgery, aphakia, Black race and unilateral cataract appeared linked to higher risk for developing pediatric glaucoma, according to a study published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma.

Use of the drug semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes significantly reduced the risk of major kidney disease events, cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality vs. placebo, newly published data show.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Patients with heart failure who also experienced mitral regurgitation saw a doubling of their creatinine, according to data presented here.

NEW YORK — Last week’s news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III is an “interesting historic moment,” according to David J. Hellerstein, MD.

Among individuals with a history of uveitis, COVID-19 vaccination was linked to an increased risk for recurrent uveitis, particularly in the first month after vaccination, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Apolipoprotein L1 genotype may not be a major factor for future risk of kidney disease in middle-aged adults, according to data from a longitudinal cohort study.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and normoalbuminuria had higher risk for disease progression that increased in a linearly relationship with higher albuminuria levels, according to data.