Why patients stop taking their medications
During my years as a clinical pharmacist, I thought I understood why patients stopped taking long-term medications —…
Researchers followed glucose monitor users for three years and found a possible kidney benefit
Continuous blood glucose monitoring could offer benefits beyond daily diabetes management, but what happens to blood sugar control…
Off-Label Use of Ozempic-Style Drugs Is Surging
A large new study suggests weight-loss drugs have quietly moved from medical tool to what one researcher…
Frailty linked to greater cognitive impairment risk in men with chronic kidney disease
New research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Medicine is shedding light on how women and…
Kidney disease of unknown origin spreads in US. Who is at risk?
(NEXSTAR) – Doctors in Texas say they have seen an increasing number of otherwise healthy young men coming…
Trial shows antiplatelet therapy needs personalization after stent implantation
Antiplatelet monotherapy reduced bleeding but dual therapy provided greater cardiovascular event protection in patients at high ischemic risk…
Couple who met during dialysis call for better care
A couple who fell in love while undergoing dialysis at the same clinic have called on the government…
Nearly 1 million bottles of heart and kidney medication recalled over foreign substance found on tablets
Nearly one million bottles of heart and kidney medication have been recalled nationwide over the possibility of a “foreign substance,”…
Are People With Eating Disorders Misusing GLP-1 Drugs?
Among over 400 people with eating disorders in an interim analysis of an ongoing cross-sectional study, 32.1% said…
Semaglutide and Ozempic-like drugs may improve kidney disease outcomes
Semaglutide, a medication commonly sold as Ozempic or Wegovy, is typically associated with weight loss. But it can…
I’ve Got End of Life Kidney Failure at 28, Here Are the Signs I Missed
By Niven Hopkins, as told to Newsweek I was 26, fit and active. I went to the gym,…
Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere dies aged 76
Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere has died aged 76 after a “long and courageous battle” with kidney disease,…