Blood, Breast Cancer Survivors Stand Out for Heart Risks Over a Decade Later Research suggests cancer-specific precision monitoring and risk stratification Apr 19, 2023
'Relaxed' A1c OK for Mitigating Dementia Risk in Older Diabetes Patients Keeping most readings under 9% avoided elevated dementia risk Apr 17, 2023
NKF Roundup: Latest Data on Tolvaptan, Terlipressin, and Lumasiran More research from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting Apr 17, 2023
Floaters Affect Vision of Kidney Transplant Patient UL97- and UL54-resistant CMV retinitis treated with multivirus-specific T-cell therapy Apr 17, 2023
Nonimmunosuppressive Therapy Bests ARB for Cutting Proteinuira in IgA Nephropathy Interim PROTECT data show nephroprotective potential of sparsentan Apr 15, 2023
Common Diuretic Pauses Atherosclerosis in CKD, T2D If finerenone isn't available, try spironolactone, said researcher Apr 15, 2023
Low-Potassium Diet Not Enough to Stave off Recurrent Hyperkalemia Consider adding a potassium binder to the mix, researcher suggests Apr 14, 2023
Renal Function Safe With Pegloticase-MTX Combo for Gout Analysis looked at patients with stage 1-3 CKD from the MIRROR trial Apr 14, 2023
Another Measure of Terlipressin Success in Hepatorenal Syndrome Goal of 30% reduction in serum creatinine in the absence of full response or HRS reversal Apr 13, 2023
Long COVID Patients on Dialysis See Elevated Oxidative Stress Markers Temporary vascular access, uncontrolled hypertension may be risk factors in this population Apr 13, 2023
Standard-Dose DOAC Better for Kidney-Impaired Patients Meta-analysis of patient-level trial data argues against common underdosing strategy Apr 13, 2023
Do All Those Postmarket Device Modifications Add Up to Patient Harm? Cardiovascular devices lead the pack in having multiple iterations culminate in device recall Apr 12, 2023
Matching People to Specific BP Meds in a Sea of Antihypertensives Sizable differences in individual response to drugs in the PHYSIC trial Apr 11, 2023
Surgery No Help for the Kidneys in Older Folks With Primary Hyperparathyroidism But those under 60 saw a significant benefit with parathyroidectomy Apr 10, 2023
Certain Painkillers Linked to Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Population-based study shows older patients with poorly controlled diabetes at particular risk Apr 10, 2023
Stroke Outcomes Provide Some Clarity on Kidney-Brain Connection Kidney dysfunction, kidney damage increase risks in different ways, say researchers Apr 07, 2023
Timing of Pacemaker, ICD Infections Suggests Closer Wound Checks for Some Researchers stress early detection and treatment of CIED infection Apr 05, 2023
Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system Apr 04, 2023
Reversing Prediabetes Alone Doesn't Cut Mortality Risk Reduced risk only seen in physically active patients, Taiwanese study found Mar 28, 2023
Fresh Produce Is an Increasingly Popular Prescription for Chronically Ill Patients But do these initiatives work? Mar 26, 2023
Our Organ Transplant System Isn't the Failure It's Made Out to Be Upholding the system will save lives Mar 24, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Overhaul the Organ Transplant System Steps include making contracting more competitive and publishing donation data Mar 22, 2023
Heart Failure's Obesity Paradox Falls Apart on Further Inspection Should some heart failure patients be advised to lose weight or shed fat? Mar 21, 2023
Old Diabetes Drug May Help Stave off Osteoarthritis Metformin-treated patients fared better than sulfonylurea users Mar 20, 2023
Optimizing Meds to Reduce CVD Risk in Diabetes; New Agent for Cholesterol Also in TTHealthWatch: heart disease risk factors in adults Mar 18, 2023 podcast
Sickle Cell Disease Patients Miss Out on Decades of Life What effects might emerging therapies have on real-world survival? Mar 17, 2023
Another Artificial Pancreas a Success in Tots With Type 1 Diabetes Kids ages 2 to 5 saw significant benefits with hybrid closed-loop system Mar 15, 2023
Why Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn't the Only Player Driving Prices Casting a light on profiteering methods of price mediators Mar 12, 2023
More Sophisticated Imaging Doesn't Necessarily Mean Better Outcomes in Ischemic HF But cardiac MRI, PET may still have value in some patients, per AIMI-HF trial Mar 09, 2023
Adaptive Pacemaker Fails in HFpEF Improvement in oxygen consumption response to physical exertion not observed in a small trial Mar 09, 2023
Sen. McConnell Hospitalized; WHO Alarms on Salt; Scientists Revive 'Zombie' Virus Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 09, 2023
Virtual Care Team Optimized Heart Failure Medications During Hospitalization Trial shows modest effect with daily recommendations to the treating team Mar 07, 2023
Sotatercept, Fixed-Dose Combo Therapy on the Right Path for PAH More therapeutic options suggested by STELLAR, A DUE trials Mar 06, 2023
A New Framework for Treating Hypertension Harlan Krumholz, MD, on breaking down the barriers to blood pressure control Mar 06, 2023 video
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Earns Confidence in Expert Hands Decision for mini thoracotomy may rest on patient preference, expert operator availability Mar 06, 2023
Hunt for Hibernating Myocardium Doesn't Help PCI for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy REVIVED-BCIS2 challenges long-held beliefs about myocardial viability Mar 05, 2023
Novel Antihypertensive Stumbles Over Early-Phase Hurdle Hopes remain high for baxdrostat despite trial's adherence problems Mar 05, 2023
Atorvastatin Tied to Cardioprotection for Lymphoma Patients on Anthracyclines STOP-CA deemed "an impactful study that will lead to more prescription of statins in patients." Mar 04, 2023
Alcohol-Related Screening in Primary Care; Ablation for Hypertension Also in TTHealthWatch: physical activity and mortality Mar 04, 2023 podcast
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Parsing the Kidney Complications Patterns seen in new study may aid prognosis, research Mar 03, 2023
