Lucas Laboy
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Kidney transplant gap remains despite laws preventing disability-based discrimination (opens the original)
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Many U.S. states have passed laws prohibiting disability-based discrimination, but patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities continue to face disparities in access to kidney transplants, according to study data. The first law protecting organ transplant recipients from disability-based discrimination was passed in 1996 under a revision to Californiaâs Uniform Anatomical Gifts Act, according to study background. Thirty-nine states have followed with their own antidiscrimination
Mortality risks greater for octogenarians switching from PD to hemodialysis (opens the original)
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Transitions from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis were associated with greater mortality risks for patients aged 80 years and older, according to study data published in Clinical Kidney Journal. Increasing life expectancy and improved management of chronic kidney disease has contributed to more older adults with end-stage kidney disease starting hemodialysis or PD, according to Néstor Toapanta, MD, nephrologist at Vall dâHebron University Hospital in Catalonia, Spain, and colleagues. Howev
ASN releases cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome guidance tailored to nephrologists (opens the original)
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The American Society of Nephrology issued new kidney health guidance on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, highlighting the specific role of the kidneys in the diseaseâs treatment paradigm. Nisha Bansal, MD, MS, professor of medicine and nephrology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Alexander R. Chang, MD, MS, professor in the departments of nephrology and population health sciences at Geisinger Medical Center, lead authors on the kidney health guidance, said the re
CKD prevalence rising among younger women globally (opens the original)
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Globally, 359 million women are living with chronic kidney disease, with increasing ties to metabolic diseases and CVD, according to study data published in Chinese Medical Journal. Previous studies have identified the global prevalence of CKD overall. However, the prevalence of CKD and associated risk factors among women is not well understood, according to Lin Sun, MD, PhD, professor in the department of nephrology, Chongbin Liu, MD, both at The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South Univers
Depressive symptoms may emerge after kidney transplantation (opens the original)
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Depressive symptoms may be prevalent for kidney transplant recipients before and after transplantation, according to study data published in Kidney360. About 40% of patients with end-stage kidney disease experience depressive symptoms, which may be associated with adverse outcomes like CV events and mortality, according to Mara McAdams-DeMarco, PhD, professor in the departments of surgery and population health at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, and colleagues. However, studies e
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