Nephrology News

• Women Receive More Unnecessary Treatments Than Men Do Factors related to gender, rather than sex differences, explain the discrepancy, according to a psychologist. The gender of the clinician does not affect the discrepancy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Early Time-Restricted Eating Ups Weight Loss, but Jury Still Out Restricting eating to the hours of 7 AM to 3 PM was associated with greater weight loss than eating over a period of 12 hours or more, but study sample and duration were small.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness Key to Longevity for All? Risk for all-cause mortality was four times greater for US veterans with lowest vs those with highest cardiorespiratory fitness levels, regardless of age, sex, or race, observational data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Do You Have 'MD' on Your License Plates or Credit Cards? Some physicians like to have their credentials on their license plates or credit cards. What have you done and why?
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 08, 2022
• Onset and Awareness of Hypertension Varies by Race, Ethnicity Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults are more likely than Whites to be unaware of their high blood pressure.
  MDedge News, August 08, 2022
• Euthyroid Sick Syndrome Hits Many With Diabetic Ketosis A single-center, retrospective review of 396 adults hospitalized for diabetic ketosis or ketoacidosis (91% with type 2 diabetes) found a 58% prevalence of euthyroid sick syndrome.
  First Look, August 05, 2022
• Just Add Water: A Biodegradable Battery for Medical Devices Water-activated batteries made of paper might one day power diagnostic devices and limit medical e-waste.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• My Patient Planned to Murder Me A physician is horrified when he learns of a patient's deadly intentions. Read about the doctor's terrifying ordeal and how he fought back.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Physicians React: Burnout Rates Are Alarming Physicians express opinions and reactions about the extent of burnout in the medical profession, how it arises, and what combination of employer and community factors minimizes burnout.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Intrinsic Capacity, Obesity Predict Kidney Disease in T2D Decreased intrinsic capacity — a summary of mental and physical abilities that decline with age — significantly linked with increased chronic kidney disease risk in older people with type 2 diabetes.
  First Look, August 04, 2022
• Alert White House Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency Intradermal injections that use one fifth of the normal dose of the Jynneos vaccine will extend the limited reach of the current supply, which is under high demand.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• NAFLD Linked With Increased Heart Failure Risk The risk appears to increase with greater liver disease severity, especially at higher fibrosis stages.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• Targeted Therapy for Kidney Cancer Linked to Higher Cardiac Risk Patients on targeted therapy were more likely to develop conditions such as heart attacks and stroke than were those who took cytokine therapy.
  MDedge News, August 03, 2022
• Anesthesiologists Working More Cases May Have Worse Outcomes For some surgeries, patients whose anesthesiologist is directing multiple overlapping cases may be more likely to have worse outcomes, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2022
• Blood Test Could Provide Insight Into Patients' Metastatic Cancer New information could allow doctors to better understand treatment resistance and optimize treatment options.
  Medscape Medical News, August 01, 2022
• Low Calcium, Potassium Key Risk Factors for Kidney Stones Low dietary calcium and potassium intake are key risk factors for the development and recurrence of symptomatic kidney stones.
  Medscape Medical News, August 01, 2022
• No Mortality Difference for ICU Loop Diuretics in Meta-Analysis Researchers found low certainty of evidence for diuretics on all-cause mortality and on serious adverse events; they say that clinicians should assess carefully when deciding for whom to use them.
  Medscape Medical News, August 01, 2022
• Evusheld for COVID-19: Lifesaving and Free, but Still Few Takers The monoclonal antibody is an available, highly effective preventive medication for millions of immunocompromised people, yet many patients ― and even some doctors ― are unaware of it or are unable to get it.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2022
• Women With CKD Less Likely to Be Diagnosed, Treated For women with chronic kidney disease (CKD), their condition is less likely to be recognized, and they are less likely to be managed as well as men with CKD.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2022
• How Can Pathology Labs Better Protect Patient Safety? A Chicago lab seeing increased slide contamination methodically tracked down the source. Experts say this cause of diagnostic errors has been an issue for over 100 years. Here's what needs to change.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2022