Patients with chronic kidney disease and those on dialysis have chronic pain and want to talk about it with their nephrologist, according to Hesham Y. Shaban, MD, a palliative care and nephrology physician at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. Patients with CKD and end-stage kidney disease “have the same kind of pain everyone else has,” Shaban told Healio. About 63% report musculoskeletal
Acute cellular rejection, also called acute T-cell–mediated rejection (TCMR), presents in the transplant recipient with acute kidney injury and decreased urine output, and may be…
A mobile health app may improve blood pressure control for people with hypertension, especially among women during and after menopause, researchers reported.The results of a…
Nature Communications – The blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulates the extracellular composition of the central nervous system (CNS), but it is not known whether its properties…
Background Sex-based differences may influence the clinical management, complication risks, and healthcare resource utilization of hospitalized end-stage kidney…
Valid measures of side effects are important to inform clinical use of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). This study sought to develop and establish the content validity…
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The two main differential diagnoses of central diabetes insipidus are nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and primary polydipsia. Reliable distinction between those entities is essential as treatment…
Dr. Somaya Zahran is a Nephrology fellow and Chief Fellow at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She earned her medical degree in Egypt and completed…
“Patient, Advocate, and Inspirational Voice Calls for a Kidney Care Revolution” published on 07 Aug 2025 by American Society of Nephrology.
ds: RNA sequencing data from a mouse model of ischemia/reperfusion-induced AKI were analyzed to assess KRT20 transcript levels. The effect of specific Krt20 knockout in…
