After decades of failed attempts at transplanting kidneys from one person to another, Joseph Murray, MD, a surgeonat the former Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, achieved success in 1954 when he transplanted a kidneybetween identical twin brothers. Reporting on their findings in Surgical Forum in 1955, Dr Murray and his coauthors noted that the…
The safety profile of SGLT2 inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes is similar to that of other patient populations, new research suggests.
Even subclinical inflammation in kidney transplant recipients can increase their risk for death, data show.
Grade group 1 prostate cancers declined as a proportion of all prostate cancers.
The procedure is now performed in one-third of all surgeries for benign prostatic hyperplasia, a study found.
Nearly 24% of patients with advanced CKD, including those on dialysis, have gout, according to a study.
