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No Kidney Benefit With Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients

Anti-mineralocorticoid agent reduced albuminuria, but not eGFR-based kidney outcome

Oct 28, 2024
ASN over a photo of San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.
Mortality Risk Dropped for Living Kidney Donors Over the Past Decade

Deaths more common in male donors and those with history of hypertension

Aug 28, 2024
A photo of surgeons performing a laparoscopic kidney removal from a living related donor.
This Drug Class Keeps AA Amyloidosis in Check

Staves off end-stage renal disease, retrospective study indicates

Jul 22, 2024
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Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake

Kidney transplants did not increase either

Jul 02, 2024
 A photo of a woman preparing her husband for home dialysis.
Allowable Lead Levels in U.S. Water Supply Can Harm Dialysis Patients, Study Shows

Those with higher lead levels in household drinking water more likely to need maximum ESA dosing

May 29, 2024
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Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With Kidney Transplant Rejection

But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation

May 28, 2024
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Outcomes OK With Transplant of Previously Dialyzed Kidneys

Risk for delayed graft function higher, but other endpoints no different

May 23, 2024
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding More Common in Advanced CKD

Risk was significantly higher regardless of dialysis status

May 19, 2024
NKF over a photo of Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, in Long Beach, CA
QT-Prolonging Meds Commonly Doled Out to Dialysis Patients

Most scripts originated from clinicians other than nephrologists

Apr 30, 2024
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Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead

Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health

Apr 24, 2024
Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, performing the pig kidney transplant surgery.
Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes

Intervention "did not overcome barriers" to PCP, patient behavior changes, editorialists say

Apr 15, 2024
A photo of a woman receiving dialysis in a clinic.
Once-Rejected Drug Now FDA Approved for CKD-Related Anemia

Indication for HIF-PH inhibitor vadadustat limited to patients already on dialysis

Mar 28, 2024
FDA APPROVED vadadustat (Vafseo) over a photo of a woman receiving dialysis.
First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipient

Patient with end-stage kidney disease underwent transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital

Mar 21, 2024
 A photo of surgeons performing the pig kidney transplant.
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