Commentary

Time to End Structural Racism in Kidney Health

By

Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

Publish Date October 29, 2021

There is now little doubt that both the MDRD and CKD-EPI kidney function equations have contributed to structural racism in medicine and public health.

Should Active Surveillance for Cancer Be Rebranded?

By

Robert Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS

Publish Date October 12, 2021

While the idea of AS continues to slowly gain acceptance, most patients are easily moved toward treatment.

Health Care Interrupted: Research Frontiers Beckon

By

Jody A. Charnow

Publish Date August 12, 2021

The answers to how clinical care was affected by the pandemic could change the practice of medicine.

COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effects May Provide ESKD Insights

By

Anthony Bleyer, MD

Publish Date June 2, 2021

The COVID-19 supplement of the 2020 US Renal Data System 2020 Annual Data Report provides important insights into dialysis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caregiver vs Care-Partner for Patients With CKD

By

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH

Publish Date March 31, 2021

Organizers of the 2021 World Kidney Day (WKD) on March 11, which had as its theme “Living Well with Kidney Disease,” describe the important role of “family members and other care partners”in helping patients with kidney disease. But what is the difference between a caregiver and a care-partner? A caregiver provides care for someone who…

World Kidney Day 2021: Living Well With Kidney Disease

By

World Kidney Day Steering Committee

Publish Date February 17, 2021

The World Kidney Day Steering Committee has declared 2021 the year of “Living Well with Kidney Disease”.

The Pandemic: Urgency Again Propels Medical Research Into the Real World

By

Jody A. Charnow

Publish Date January 21, 2021

Strong motivation often provides the push to translate investigational technologies into real-world clinical use. Case in point: messenger RNA vaccines.

Time to Say Goodbye to the DRE for Prostate Cancer Screening

By

Justin Dubin, MD

Sanoj Punnen, MD, MAS

Publish Date January 12, 2021

With the advent of more reliable and accurate ways to screen for prostate cancer, such as PSA testing and prostate MRI, the authors argue that it is time to stop the “antiquated practice” of the digital rectal examination.

Dialysis Is Not Going Away Anytime Soon

By

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH

Publish Date December 9, 2020

Dialysis is not likely to become obsolete despite advances — and nephrology goes way beyond renal replacement therapy.

Zoom Medicine: An Apt Metaphor in 2020

By

Robert Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS

Publish Date October 5, 2020

The practice of medicine is to the life sciences what finance and economics are to the mathematical disciplines. Both are wedged between STEM subjects and the humanities requiring skills emanating from both the right and left brain. Read any student’s application to medical school or residency program as they explain why medicine’s intersection of science…