The Renal & Urology News Top 5 Lists for 2014
Among the most important challenges in producing a medical newspaper is deciding what studies or topics on which to report.
Commentary
Physicians and the Medical-Industrial Complex
Eisenhower warned Americans to beware of the “military-industrial complex” as it can overwhelm us.
The Ebola Threat: Why Not an Outbreak Here?
The separation of continents no longer provides a secure buffer against the spread of communicable diseases from far-flung places.
Big Data, Transparency and Accountability
We crave clinical and scientific data, yet we grieve the performance-based data increasingly directed toward us.
Nephrologists Woefully Underpaid in U.S vs. Canada
This higher level of dialysis care in Canada is partly owed to substantially higher reimbursement fees for nephrologists.
Why Not A Federal Medical License?
When we move from one state to another, typically we must obtain a driver’s license from the state to which we are relocating.
Medical Research and the Federal Shutdown
After the end of 16-day federal shutdown in October, media headlines touted the financial impact on America and the cost of restarting the government.
Genetic Risk and PCa Treatment: A New Era Dawning
For men at risk of developing prostate cancer (PCa), prophylactic prostatectomy seems almost irrational for several reasons
Self-Cannibalizing for Peritoneal Dialysis Growth?
In the nephrology community, there have been heightened discussions and apparent enthusiasm about the revival of PD as the prototype for home dialysis.
Hemoglobin Levels Fall, Transfusions On the Rise
Two studies presented at the recent NKF Spring Clinical Meetings provide more evidence of a trend toward decreasing use of ESAs and decreasing hemoglobin levels.
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