ORAL ESTROGEN therapy in post-menopausal women is associated with loss of renal function, according to Canadian researchers.

RESIDUAL URINE in nursing home residents is not associated with UTIs, Norwegian researchers reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2008;56:871-874).

OBESITY HAS a stronger impact on the incidence of hypertension among Chinese Asians than in American whites and American blacks, researchers reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology (2008;167:1365-1374).

SAN DIEGO—Once limited to the electronics industry, semiconductor material may hold the key to improving early detection of prostate cancer among African-American men.

ALISKIREN, AN oral direct renin inhibitor, may have renoprotective effects that are independent of its BP-lowering effect in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy who are receiving the maximal recommended renoprotective treatment and optimal antihypertensive therapy, researchers report.

POST-TRANSPLANT distal limb syndrome (PTDLS), an uncommon complication in renal transplant recipients, is associated with a rise in alkaline phosphatase, a finding that could aid in diagnosis, according to researchers.

INTENSIVE GLUCOSE control with gliclazide (modified release) and other agents reduced the risk of nephropathy by one fifth in a large study of patients with type 2 diabetes.

HOLMIUM LASER enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is safe and effective for treating symptomatic BPH independent of prostate size, according to a report in BJU International (2008;101:1536-1541).

Evaluating how predialysis patients rise from a chair may provide a simple way to identify those who need help with muscle training and functional exercise, according to researchers in Sweden and Norway.

Six months of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment is as effective in the short term as conventional therapy for primary treatment of membranous nephropathy (MN) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a pilot study in India found.