Many patients with CKD, including transplant recipients, do not disclose use of complementary and alternative medicine to their doctors. The prevalence of CKD is increasing globally, partly due to the rising incidence of other risk factors, such as...
The following is a summary of “Renoprotective potential of concomitant medications with SGLT2 inhibitors and renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in diabetic nephropathy without albuminuria: a retrospective cohort study,” published in the September 2023 issue of...
The following is a summary of "Patients’ Experiences With the Removal of a Ureteral Stent: Insights From In-depth Interviews With Participants in the USDRN STENTS Qualitative Cohort Study," published in the AUGUST 2023 issue of Urology by Dombeck, et al. For a...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers who serve millions of Americans could strike Wednesday if Kaiser Permanente and union workers do not reach an agreement.More than 75,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are poised to...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pharmaceutical companies that make the 10 prescription drugs chosen to be the first for price negotiations for Medicare patients have agreed to talks with the government.The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the...
The following is a summary of “Visit-to-visit HbA1c variability is associated with poor prognosis in peritoneal dialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus,” published in the September 2023 issue of Nephrology by Zhang et al. Patients with diabetes who undergo...
The following is a summary of “Renoprotective potential of concomitant medications with SGLT2 inhibitors and renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in diabetic nephropathy without albuminuria: a retrospective cohort study,” published in the September 2023 issue of...
The following is a summary of "Patients’ Experiences With the Removal of a Ureteral Stent: Insights From In-depth Interviews With Participants in the USDRN STENTS Qualitative Cohort Study," published in the AUGUST 2023 issue of Urology by Dombeck, et al. For a...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers who serve millions of Americans could strike Wednesday if Kaiser Permanente and union workers do not reach an agreement.More than 75,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are poised to...
TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pharmaceutical companies that make the 10 prescription drugs chosen to be the first for price negotiations for Medicare patients have agreed to talks with the government.The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the...
The following is a summary of “Visit-to-visit HbA1c variability is associated with poor prognosis in peritoneal dialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus,” published in the September 2023 issue of Nephrology by Zhang et al. Patients with diabetes who undergo...
Determinants of obesity and diabetes are strongly linked to genetic and epigenetic variations. With the increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, it is imperative to understand the various factors that influence metabolic function in the body, neural pathways,...
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would appeal most to readers who enjoy the inexorable pull of a story arc...
Any discussion with doctors about avoiding liability for malpractice is hampered from the start because “negligence” is a very charged term. It conjures up images of a slipshod and blundering individual and so doctors understandably immediately become resistant....
"When experts determine that high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes are actually good for you, you're going to feel awfully foolish!"
"You can download an app for your phone that shows how many miles you didn't walk today."
"The handle of your recliner does not qualify as an exercise machine."
Medical crowdfunding is touted for its potential to reach an unlimited number of people, the sum of whose individual donations can help achieve campaign goals for even the most daunting financial asks, such as $2.1 million to cover the cost of Zolgensma. For...
I was getting ready to sit down and write a piece on the damage that Robert F. Kennedy Jr has done to healthcare and the safety of our children, as well as his recent inflammatory racist/antisemitic comments. It was going to be an essay about how physicians need to...
To curb inflation and turbulent markets, the US Federal Reserve has marked 2023 with rising interest rates. This economic climate has many financial experts apprehensive about a possible recession. According to Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator poll of...
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