Nephrology News

• Mixing BP Meds With NSAID May Be 'Triple Whammy' for Kidneys Combining a diuretic and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor with an NSAID like ibu-profen might raise the risk for kidney injury, a new analysis confirms, pointing to factors that might predict risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Espresso Coffee Associated With Increased Total Cholesterol New observational data show that drinking espresso coffee is linked to higher total cholesterol levels, particularly in men. Boiled or plunger coffee was tied to higher cholesterol in both men and women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Grit Your Teeth for a Lesser-Known Complication of Diabetes In addition to neuropathy, nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease, tooth loss is a lesser-known potential complication of type 2 diabetes. A large meta-analysis quantifies the risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• What Are Common Misconceptions About Nurses? Nurses nationwide recently expressed outrage after Bravo talk show host Andy Cohen commented about the attractiveness of a nurse-actress on his show. Do you confront misconceptions about your role?
  Medscape Reader Polls, May 10, 2022
• Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Often Spotty Nearly three quarters of clinicians reported screening patients for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, but only one quarter comprehensively identified cardiovascular risk, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Can Individualized Care for Kidney Disease in HIV Improve Outcomes? A need for dose adjustments and the possibility of drug-drug interactions have been identified in a study of advanced kidney disease in persons living with HIV.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Use of Newer Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Gives Hope but Costs a Concern 'It's not just about lowering blood sugar. It's about reducing cardiovascular events, reducing the progression of kidney disease, and preventing death,' says one expert discussing benefits versus costs of treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Alert Potential Risk From Fresenius Dialysis Units, FDA Warns The US Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to clinicians on May 6 warning of potentially toxic PCB exposure from certain hemodialysis machines sold by Fresenius Medical Care.
  News Alerts, May 06, 2022
• Administrative Hassle Hacks: Strategies to Curb Physician Stress There's no doubt work life is stressful for physicians, but experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference say there are high- and low-tech solutions.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Stanford Health Care's Residents Vote to Join Union Stanford's residents are participating in a growing national trend toward unionization in medical education.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• COVID Drove Telehealth Forward in High Gear: Now What? Experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference focused on how investment in telehealth spiked during the pandemic and what to expect in the near future.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• HBCU Medical Schools to Tackle Organ Transplant Disparities The collaboration follows a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report that found significant disparities in the nation's organ transplant system.
  Associated Press, May 05, 2022
• Black Patients in US Face Delays in Kidney Stone Surgery Regardless of Insurance Status Black patients who visited the emergency department for nephrolithiasis were more likely than patients of other races to experience delays in surgery regardless of insurance status, researchers found.
  Reuters Health Information, May 04, 2022
• Alert Positive Topline Results for Dapagliflozin in HFpEF: DELIVER AstraZeneca says regulatory submissions will be forthcoming, potentially bringing a second SGLT2 inhibitor in this space, after empagliflozin.
  News Alerts, May 05, 2022
• Advancing Digital Health Past Pandemic-Driven Telemedicine A panel discussion at a recent American Telemedicine Association conference zeroed in on the need to optimize digital health tools to meet consumer needs.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Multi-State Opioid Crackdown Nets Indictment Against 7 Physicians Individuals across six states were charged with the illegal distribution of more than 115 million opioid pills, according to officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Doc Pay Up; Patient Demand, Labor Market Cause Struggles: Report The spike in inflation, patient demand, and a tight labor market contribute to physician practices' woes, according to a new market report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Longer Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Diabetes Risk 'Physicians should...avoid unnecessary prescription of this class of drugs, particularly for long-term use,' say study authors, but a gastroenterologist argues there isn't sufficient concern to alter practice.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Support for Prioritizing Kidney Transplant Patients for COVID Boosters Among kidney-transplant recipients, two doses of an mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine will lower the risk for infection, although perhaps not as much compared with the general population, according to a study from the Czech Republic.
  Reuters Health Information, May 02, 2022
• Nurses, Med Staff Voice Their Heartache About Nurse Suicide Second suicide this year of male nurse from a Northern California hospital inspired compassion on social media and calls for more mental health initiatives.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022