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Nephrology

News, opinions and meeting coverage in nephrology.

HFSA: Did LAP Monitoring Cut HF Rehospitalizations?

LAPTOP-HF investigators tried to make sense of terminated study

Longer-Term Home Use Safe for Artificial Pancreas System

3-month study might pave way to FDA clearance

Switching GLP-1 For DPP-4 Improves Net T2D Outcomes

Victoza bests Januvia for combo therapy on A1c, weight, hypoglycemia composite

How Sweet: Sugar Industry Made Fat the Villain

Harvard researchers received sugar industry money to write a NEJMreview

MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services

Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families

CardioBrief: Cardiologists Give SPRINT Thumbs Down

Trial should not be used in guidelines to lower blood pressure targets

ESC: No Mortality Benefit With ICD in Nonischemic HF

Eleven fewer deaths over 5 years

Is 2018 the Year of the Bionic Pancreas?

Two experts review the state of closed-loop systems for type 1 diabetes

FDA Panel Splits on Expanded Jardiance Indication

Questions raised about key trial

Are Expensive Diabetes Drugs Worth It?

Jardiance and Victoza improve hard outcomes, but at a hefty cost

301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

Mixed Findings on High Birth Weight, CV Risk Factors

Some markers of cardiovascular health better with high birth weight

Jardiance Shows Renal Benefit in EMPA-REG

Diabetes drug linked to slowing of kidney disease progression

Biosimilar Insulin Glargine Matches Up With Lantus in Phase III

Merck's copycat has similar HbA1c effect in trial

Survey: Diabetics Get Little Sympathy at Work

Co-workers give more slack to colleagues with other conditions

More Promising Results for Bionic Pancreas

But studies are short-term and relatively small

What's New in Beta Cell Transplantation

Gene editing, stem cells raise new possibilities

Stores' Security Systems Can Mess With Cardiac Devices

ICD, pacemaker hiccups seen near anti-shoplifting monitors in lab study

LEADER Trial Leads the Pack at ADA

But meeting in New Orleans will also feature thousands of new papers

Preventing Weight Gain in Special Needs Patients

Understanding risks, finding ways to cope

Compression Stockings; Stroke Prevention; Stents and Meds

Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week

Canagliflozin Leads to Better A1c Control

Post-hoc analysis also finds lower risk of hypoglycemia

The American Heart Association's Stance Against Science

Group insists dietary sodium question is settled when it plainly isn't

Obesity Guidelines Headline AACE 2016

First such guidelines in 25 year history

Vitamin D: Study Finds Impaired Fertility

Study highlights potential adverse effects of too much vitamin D

CardioBrief: You Say Potato, I Say Worthless Epidemiology

Observational study links potatoes to high blood pressure

10 Questions: Nwamaka Eneanya, MD

Nephrologist talks about passion in medicine

How to Avoid Misdiagnosis

How a patient makes you feel may affect your diagnostic acumen

Delivery at 38-39 Weeks May Be Best for Moms With Chronic HTN

More adverse outcomes seen outside this range

LAA Ligation as an Antihypertensive?

One study says yes, another says no

Long-Term Statin Use Linked to Complications in T2D Patients

But patients not matched at baseline

Blood Pressure Drop for CKD Patients on Patiromer

Sub-analyses finds those with resistant hypertension see benefits

Fanconi Syndrome Seen With Off-Label Canagliflozin

T1D patient presented 1 week after starting drug

CKD Patients With Diabetes Have Altered Gut Bugs

Presence of certain microbes could boost inflammation

NKF: Kidney Transplant Patients Face Diabetes Risk

Meta-analysis findings may impact clinical management and follow-up

Survival Rates Good With VAD for Complicated Acute MI

Despite being sicker to start, outcomes on par with other VAD patients

Podcast: 10th Anniversary for HealthNewsReview.org

Gary Schwitzer reflects on high points, low points, lessons learned

10 Questions: Ilona J. Frieden, MD

'The structure of the system itself is the biggest barrier'

Here's Why You Can't Compare Healthcare to the Airline Industry

There are big differences between the two, says Suneel Dhand, MD

Automated Glucagon System Linked to Reduced Hypoglycemia

System acted as an effective counterbalance to slower insulin intake

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