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Prostate Cancer Screening: Moving Beyond PSA

May 01, 2012

More than 1 million prostate biopsies are performed annually in the United States, predominantly driven by elevations in PSA.
 

Is U.S. Nephrology Lagging Behind?

April 01, 2012

As practicing clinicians in the United States, we generally feel privileged, with access to a highly developed and pioneering medical care system along with an advanced and cutting-edge technology in the world's largest economy.
 

Highlights of the GU Cancers Symposium

March 01, 2012

The March issue features coverage of the 2012 Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium, which was held in San Francisco.
 

Lessons from "The Hemodialysis Marathon Man"

February 29, 2012

An impressive story of a dialysis survivor who watched his daughters grow and getting married, and had the joy of knowing several grandchildren.
 

Let Patients Sleep During Rounds

February 01, 2012

How often do you face with the unpleasant task of waking a sleeping patient during your busy rounds? It happens frequently to many clinicians during their inpatient rounds in the hospital.
 

Highlights of 2011, The Promise of 2012

January 01, 2012

The start of 2012 is a good time to look back on the previous year to see the current state of nephrology. What have been the important findings that occurred in the past year, and what do we have to look forward to in the year ahead?
 

Dialysis Care in the Post-Bundling Era

December 01, 2011

For the ninth straight year, I came away from Kidney Week (formerly Renal Week), the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, feeling badly that Renal & Urology News can only report on a fraction of the thousands of studies presented at the meeting.
 

Kidney Stone Prevention: 'Fact versus Fiction'

November 21, 2011

According to current estimates, kidney stones will develop in one in 10 people during their lifetime. This translates into nearly 30 million people in the United States. Clearly, prevention is paramount when dealing with kidney stones.
 

ACOs and Productivity Metrics in Medicine

November 01, 2011

Individuals, businesses and nations grapple with how to measure success. Are similar productivity measures warranted in medicine?
 

Some Thoughts on Patient Education

October 11, 2011

Physicians are indeed spending less face time with patients, according to studies and to what doctors have told me in conversation. One consequence of this could be less time to educate patients about their illness.
 

High BMI and Kidney Transplant Waitlisting

October 11, 2011

Many obese dialysis patients are asked to lose weight to qualify for kidney transplantation. If such usual weight reduction programs as dieting or anti-appetite medications do not work, some patients will be introduced to more aggressive interventions such as bariatric surgery.
 

Should We Start Dialysis As Late As Possible?

August 15, 2011

Traditional nephrology training makes us believe that it is good practice to start maintenance dialysis therapy sooner rather than later. Nevertheless, recent data indicate that we may encounter yet another "old-practice-was-wrong" paradigm shift.
 

Kidney Cancer vs. ESRD

, July 19, 2011

Incidentally detected renal tumors are increasingly diagnosed in patients with chronic kidney disease.
 

CKD Stage 3 Needs To Be Redefined

April 18, 2011

Nephrologists should rethink the screening level and offer a more conservative and meaningful cutoff level, such as an eGFR of 45.
 

Are All Acute Kidney Injuries "Acute on Chronic"?

March 14, 2011

Practicing nephrologists are frequently consulted to evaluate acute kidney injury (AKI) as inpatient cases.
 

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