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Body-weight cycling (also known as yo-yo dieting) has been shown to significantly increase the risk of kidney disease in people with type 1 diabetes, regardless of body mass index (BMI) and other traditional risk factors, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Yo-yo dieting is defined...
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In patients who have diabetes and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), the rates of severe hypoglycemia crises requiring emergency department visits or hospitalizations are the highest so far reported, according to a nationwide study recently published in Diabetes Care. Researchers led by Rodolfo J. Galindo, MD, FACE, associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of...
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At the end of September, a paper appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed omitting race from equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) leads to more accurate results when determining kidney function. The researchers, led by Lesley Inker, MD, MS, director of the Kidney Function and Evaluation Center at Tufts Medical...
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Canagliflozin improves renal outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with or at high risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease, according to data recently presented at the 2018 National Kidney Foundation’s Spring Clinical Meetings in Austin, Texas.. This benefit was observed in people with both preserved and reduced kidney function, as measured by estimated...
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The demand for kidneys far outstrips the supply. Could offering financial incentives help bridge the gap and save lives?
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The evidence is clear: Not taking immune-suppressing meds as prescribed threatens transplanted kidneys. So why do so many patients stray?