Roughly 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma each year—a rare but serious cancer of the plasma cells. Historically treated with chemotherapy, patients often faced recurring disease and…
Kidney cancer affects over 80,000 Americans annually, with renal cell carcinoma as the dominant type. Benjamin R. Lee, MD, MBA, outlines current AUA guideline recommendations, including when to…
Brian Shuch, MD, director of the UCLA Kidney Cancer Program, discusses renal cysts. These are very common, especially in individuals over the age of 50, and are usually asymptomatic.…
Nephrologist Sumeska Thavarajah, MD, of Johns Hopkins, highlights that CKD is more common than realized, affecting about 37 million adults in the US, but 90% may not be…
Majd Isreb, MD, FACP, FASN, IFMCP, from the Integrative Kidney Institute, discusses the link between inflammation and chronic kidney disease (CKD). He explains that CKD patients have higher…
This webinar snippet features Neera Dahl, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, medical director of nephrology, and director of the Nephrology Clinical Trials Program at Yale School of Medicine,…
A Kishore Kumar, MD, DM, a consultant nephrologist and renal transplant physician at PACE Hospitals, discusses high blood potassium levels in patients with kidney disease. For patients with…
Nephrologist Sumeska Thavarajah, MD, of Johns Hopkins, discusses the complications of kidney disease. Kidney disease can affect the body’s ability to filter blood, balance chemicals, and can lead…
Alp Ikizler, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses the issue of obesity in the context of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and dialysis. Dr Ikizler emphasizes the importance of…
Fouad Chebib, MD, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist and expert on polycystic kidney disease, discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in predicting kidney failure in patients with polycystic…
Amira Abdelrasoul, PhD, PEng, is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Division of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. She…
Chronic kidney disease often goes unnoticed until it reaches an advanced stage. Early detection can help treat and prevent the disease before it necessitates dialysis or kidney transplantation.…
