Obi Umeh, MD, MSc, VP, Franchise Global Program Leader at Takeda, discusses interim results from a study investigating mezagitamab for the treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy. This…
Dana Rizk, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses the approval of Fabhalta (iptacopan) for adults with IgA nephropathy. Iptacopan, a Factor B…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Passive cycling movements and transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation during hemodialysis can improve blood pressure and enhance removal of urea and phosphate, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nephropathy associated with iodinated contrast medium exposure can be fatal, physicians report in the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. However, the mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgery appears to be safe option in treatment of certain elderly patients with renal tumors, German researchers report in the September issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that older patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma glean as much benefit from sorafenib as do their younger counterparts. Moreover,…
Rasheed A. Balogun, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Virginia Health System, discusses the risk factors and rising worldwide incidence…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidneys transplanted from living donors over the age of 55 are associated with “excellent outcomes” in older transplant recipients, according to data from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the phosphodiesterase inhibitor pentoxifylline can significantly reduce proteinuria in patients with diabetic and other forms of chronic kidney disease, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) using the light-activated drug Tookad offers promise as an effective, minimally invasive salvage therapy for men with recurrent prostate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Finnish researchers report evidence that proliferative diabetic retinopathy, like diabetic nephropathy, clusters in families, suggesting that genetic factors play a role in its…
Dr. Jaime Landman at Columbia University Medical Center describes a new, more insightful way to classify different types of renal cancers. References and Resources The Kidney Cancer Institute’s…
