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Glycemic Control in Diabetic ESRD Patients

Mark E. Williams, MD, FACP, FASN March 11, 2010

The expected benefits of tight glycemic control in the presence of advanced kidney disease need to be weighed against the risk involved.
 

Expanding the Kidney Donor Pool

Heidi M. Schaefer, MD March 02, 2010

Strategies include the use of non-standard-criteria kidney donation and kidney-exchange programs.
 

Counteracting Muscle Wasting in Dialysis Patients

T. Alp Ikizler, MD January 22, 2010

Anabolic interventions focus on enhancing protein synthesis and decreasing protein catabolism .
 

How Bundling Could Affect Nephrology Training

Suzanne E. Watnick, MD November 06, 2009

Nephrology fellows may gain insight as a result of a new Medicare payment system for dialysis.
 

New Biomarkers of Diabetic Nephropathy

Susanne B. Nicholas, MD, PhD October 22, 2009

Cell adhesion molecules may be potential targets for therapeutic intervention to delay CKD progression.
 

Hypertension: A Public Health Challenge

George L. Bakris, MD, FASN, Keith Hopkins, MD October 16, 2009

Hypertension rates are expected to rise due to a growing prevalence of obesity and other risk factors.
 

Managing Anti-HIV Drug Toxicities

Lynda Anne Szczech, MD, MSCE October 13, 2009

Clinicians should consider the possibility that HIV patients have both renal and cardiac disease.
 

Preventing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

September 28, 2009

Exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents should be minimized in patients with advanced CKD.
 

Post-RALP Recovery of Sexual Health

David Shin, MD, Ravi Munver, MD, Ihor S. Sawczuk, MD September 10, 2009

Prostate cancer patients have a number of drugs and devices available to treat surgery-related erectile dysfunction.
 

How Bundling Could Affect Home HD

Christopher R. Blagg, MD September 01, 2009

This article is the third in a series dealing with the possible effects of bundled payments for dialysis services.
 
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