Previously, the FDA has approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) as a treatment option for adults with heart failure and to manage blood sugar in people ages 10+ with type 2 diabetes.…
What do clinical evaluations, blood tests, urine tests, kidney tissue tests, and imaging tests all have in common? These are all diagnostic measures that doctors may use to diagnose chronic…
In the past, doctors and researchers surmised that having chronic kidney disease (CKD) could increase the risk of having a stroke. Yet they didn’t know exactly why it happened or…
What is the best therapeutic option for individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)? Currently, doctors typically recommend direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to patients with…
Have you ever heard of dysgeusia? Dysgeusia is a condition in which someone's taste is altered, making all foods taste either bitter, sour, sweet, or metallic. Research has shown…
Anemia is a common symptom for chronic kidney disease (CKD), but there hasn't been much research done on the association between the two or the adverse outcomes which ensue as…
The New Era for Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act (H.R. 7506) is a new Act sponsored by Reps Gus Bilirakis and G.K. Butterfield. This Act would transform care for those…
March is National Kidney Month! This month is about raising awareness for and education of kidney diseases, alongside improving research and outcomes for kidney disease patients. The Polycystic Kidney Disease…
A recent study published in Advances in Rheumatology has uncovered 2 potential biomarkers which could be used to predict which lupus nephritis (LN) patients are at the highest risk of severe renal…
In 1960, the FDA approved chlorthalidone for hypertension (high blood pressure). However, doctors were unsure whether this therapy could benefit patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) who had high…
A recent clinical trial called CREDENCE has uncovered that canagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), can reduce hyperkalemia risk in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes patients who…
According to a recent article, a study shows patients with nondialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease and transient or chronic hyperkalemia, correspond with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and even death. Chronic…
Dr. Bakris, Dr. Agarwal, Dr. Wright, and Dr. Minkoff have recently come together to discuss how they assess kidney function and ultimately diagnose chronic kidney disease (CKD). Assessing Disease Severity…
A recent study has investigated the association between cardiovascular disease risk factors and fat distribution. Researchers used linear regression analyses and adjusted for insulin sensitivity and other factors. Previous research…
Despite drug developers' best efforts, the path to approval is not always easy. Ask biotechnology company Ardelyx, whose potential treatment option tenapanor was recently rejected by the FDA. According to…
Adetola Olajide Ariori is an artist from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Nigeria. He was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease two years ago and has been living in excruciating…
According to BioSpace, Farxiga (dapagliflozin), a treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a risk of progression, recently became FDA-approved. Developed by AstraZeneca, the therapy is specifically designed…
For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the diagnostic journey can be long and arduous. Unfortunately, many individuals are not diagnosed until later stages of the disease. As a result,…
The National Kidney Foundation has partnered with Bayer to launch and run the "Are You the 33%?" campaign, which intends to raise awareness about the heightened risk of chronic kidney…
According to a story from the Knowridge Science Report, a recent study conducted by the Japanese Kumamoto University indicates that a therapy commonly used to treat diabetes, called metformin, can…
At the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting, or ENDO 2021, Amolyt Pharma ("Amolyt") shared positive clinical data from a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating AZP-3601 for patients with hypoparathyroidism. Although…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects hundreds of millions of people throughout the world. As of 2017, 697.5 million people were estimated to have CKD by this study published in Nature Reviews…
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced that it will be contributing funding for four new studies focused on four different rare diseases. The funding will top out at…
As reported in Biospace, a collaboration between biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and BenevolentAI has for the first time used AI to identify a molecule that plays a key role chronic kidney…
Monogram Health has recently announced that they will be expanding their collaboration with Humana Inc. to provide greater access to chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease treatment. They will…
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