Nephrology News

• Cancer-Related Thyroidectomy Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk Compared with nonthyroid cancer patients, those receiving thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer show up to a 40% greater risk for diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2021
• AHA 2021 SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Tied to Fewer Atrial Arrhythmias Patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices who were treated with an SGLT2 inhibitor had significantly fewer atrial arrhythmias vs those never receiving them, new observational data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• 10 Changes to Keep Clinicians in the Workforce in a Pandemic Doctors make checklist of low-cost action items to start addressing a wave of providers leaving medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• AASLD 2021 Be Cautious With HBV Drug Withdrawal More than half of chronic hepatitis B e antigen–negative patients who withdraw from nucleoside or nucleotide analogue therapy experienced relapse within 4 years.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2021
• Novel Agent May Be Game-Changer in Rare Genetic Disease Patients with von Hippel-Lindau face a high risk of renal cell carcinoma and other cancers, which often require multiple surgeries. A new drug may change the course of the disease.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2021
• Wearable Fitness Trackers Could Detect COVID Before You Do Scientists designed an algorithm that detected 4 out of 5 infections in a new study.
  WebMD Health News, November 30, 2021
• AHA 2021 Remote Non-Physician Care Helps BP, LDL Control A non-physician-led program has the potential to expand remote healthcare delivery, increase access to care, reduce health inequities, and improve healthcare quality, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2021
• Cystitis Drug Again Tied to Increased Risk of Maculopathy A new study adds to growing evidence that use of pentosan polysulfate sodium is associated with an increased risk of certain retinal disorders, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 26, 2021
• More Data on How to Best Stop Continuous Dialysis in ICU The best approach to 'liberating' ICU patients with acute kidney failure from continuous dialysis remains uncertain. Researchers hope real-world data will help show the way.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2021
• Algorithm Predicts Response to SGLT2, DPP-4 Inhibitors in Diabetes British investigators derived and validated an algorithm, available online, for predicting response of patients with type 2 diabetes to agents from two different classes of glucose-lowering drugs.
  First Look, November 29, 2021
• Study Finds Healthcare Lacks Female Leadership, Opportunities Although they represent a slight majority of the US population and a large majority of the medical workforce, women are underrepresented on healthcare leadership teams, a new study finds.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves First Drug for Treatment of Resistant CMV Transplant patients are particularly vulnerable to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, which can lead to organ loss or death.
  FDA Approvals, November 24, 2021
• Daily Aspirin Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure New data from a follow-up of more than 30,000 participants without heart failure at enrollment suggests that daily use of aspirin is associated with new onset heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• No Serious CV Risks for Elderly After Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine A French study adds to other evidence that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine does not increase the risk for serious cardiovascular adverse events in elderly individuals.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Did Prior Authorization Refusals Lead to This Patient's Death? Physicians are being forced to delay or deny patient treatments while fighting for authorization from insurers. This delay could endanger patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• At What Price Will Newer Anti-Diabetes Drugs Be Cost Effective? In low- to middle-income countries, SGLT2 inhibitors could reduce diabetes complications at lower but feasible prices; they are cost effective at current prices in people with heart or kidney disease.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• AHA 2021 Obicetrapib: CETP Inhibitor Impresses in LDL Lowering A new lipid-lowering agent in a class that had been written off by many is being developed by a group of academic experts, with new data showing large LDL reductions on top of high-intensity statins.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Nearly 1 in 5 Americans With Hypertension Taking Meds That Raise Blood Pressure One overlooked obstacle to blood pressure control may be that almost 18% of Americans with hypertension, and 15% of US adults overall, are taking medications that raise blood pressure, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 22, 2021
• Does Vitamin D Benefit Only Those Who Are Deficient? A large Mendelian randomization analysis has shown that, among those with vitamin D deficiency, there is an association between 25(OH)D levels and all-cause mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Weight Loss Surgery 'Best Treatment' for Fatty Liver Disease Bariatric surgery significantly reduces the risk of major adverse liver and cardiovascular events in recipients, compared with nonsurgical counterparts, among those with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021