Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease News

  • Vitamin D Lowers Hepcidin Levels in CKD Patients ERA-EDTA Vitamin D Lowers Hepcidin Levels in CKD Patients Vitamin D supplementation is safe and economic for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and can decrease the need for erythropoietin-stimulating agents and ward off anemia.
    Medscape Medical News, June 1, 2012
  • ERA-EDTA Weight Loss With Bardoxolone Methyl Treatment of CKD ERA-EDTA 2012: The drug controls inflammation and preserves kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); it also stimulates significant weight loss in those with high a BMI.
    Medscape Medical News, May 29, 2012
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Chronic Kidney Disease Perspectives

  • Will Industry Fund Large Dialysis Trials? Will Industry Fund Large Dialysis Trials?   Jeffrey Berns asks where the money will come from for funding large multicenter randomized trials on dialysis and suggests that it might come from industry.
    Medscape Nephrology, May 16, 2012
  • Resistant Hypertension and CKD: Chicken and Egg Resistant Hypertension and CKD: Chicken and Egg Lynda Szczech, MD, assessed a study that found greater rates of death and new-onset chronic kidney disease in patients with resistant hypertension. The question is, what's the relationship?
    Medscape Nephrology, May 1, 2012
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