The risk for dialysis dependency increases with worsening histopathologic findings at kidney biopsy. Investigators who studied a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of pediatric patients with renal ...

Clinicians treating patients with kidney disease must be aware of dental considerations to avoid potentially lethal consequences.

Perioperative durvalumab has “the potential to transform the standard of care” for patients with muscle-invasive bladder ...

(HealthDay News) — A striking considerable number of older adults have lower-than-recommended vitamin and mineral intake, which is associated with social isolation and loneliness, according to a study ...

Updating US dialysis clinics to support hemodiafiltration technology would be necessary to enable its widespread adoption.

In a recent study, mean sensitivity was 85.5% and specificity 87% for detection of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. (HealthDay News) — ⁸⁹Zr-labeled monoclonal antibody ([⁸⁹Zr]Zr-girentuximab) for ...

Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes was 11.3% and undiagnosed diabetes was 4.5%; prevalence higher for men. (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of diabetes was 15.8% among US adults during August 2021 to ...

“The MMAI risk classifier is a more precise and accurate prognosticator of metastasis than NCCN risk groups,” Dr Tward’s team wrote. “This approach aims to prevent both overtreatment and ...

Various standard clinical variables measured by clinicians analyzed to determine scope of machine learning techniques in predicting IDH. (HealthDay News) — Clinical data and machine learning can help ...

Lower abdominal visceral fat area and prolonged surgery are independent risk factors. (HealthDay News) — Lower abdominal visceral fat area (VFA), older age, and prolonged surgery are independent risk ...

A contemporary study finds that overtreatment of prostate cancer is still occurring among older men with limited life expectancy.

(HealthDay News) — A eucaloric carbohydrate-restricted (CR) diet improves β-cell response to glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online in the Journal of ...