Oral nystatin prophylaxis may prevent antibiotic-related fungal peritonitis (AR-FP) in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), researchers in Hong Kong concluded.

Preemptive ganciclovir treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant recipients appears to be associated with good long-term outcomes, German researchers report.

Serum levels of fetuin-A are a predictor of all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients, a Dutch study found.

A study in Argentina found that vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency are highly prevalent in hemodialysis (HD) patients at the end of winter.

Combining cisplatin-based intra-arterial chemotherapy and radiotherapy is effective long-term for local invasive bladder carcinoma, according to a Japanese study.

Higher levels of physical activity are independently related to a lower self-reported prevalence of urinary incontinence in a community-dwelling population aged 70 years and older, a Japanese study recently showed.

Recipients of solid organ transplants have a higher rate of anal cancer, but not colorectal cancer, than the general population, according to an Austrian study.

High renal-stone density and elevated BMI decrease the likelihood of stone disintegration with shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), Egyptian researchers conclude.

A fever of 38.5º C or higher may predict which children have vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels above 50 mg/L may identify children with high-grade VUR, a Turkish study found.

High-dose calcitriol and docetaxel, each given separately one day a week for six weeks, appear to be an effective and well-tolerated combination for men living with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) previously treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy, Italian investigators conclude.