Model With Lifestyle, Health Behavior Information Predicts CKD
Model can predict chronic kidney disease for individuals with and those without baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate measure
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Two-Thirds of Older Adults Use Integrative Medicine Strategies
Only 18% of older adults had talked to a health care provider about integrative medicine strategies
Receipt of Hospice With Dialysis Varies by Payer in the VA System
Under Medicare, patients with kidney failure often must choose between continuing dialysis or enrolling in hospice.
Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Had No Effect on Kidney Function in Diabetes
The finding is from a post hoc analysis of the Action for Health in Diabetes study.
Trajectories of CKD Symptoms May Predict Later Health Outcomes
Participants with worse symptoms score and in worsening trajectory group had worse quality of life, higher risk for kidney replacement therapy
What Do We Know About the Link Between Alcohol and Prostate Cancer?
When looking into risk factors for prostate cancer, your patients may look to lifestyle factors. While some, like diet and smoking, are seen as risks for prostate cancer development, research into alcohol has drawn multiple conclusions. What have recent studies said about alcohol and prostate cancer, and does the type of alcohol affect risk?
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Linked With Improved Quality of Life
Among patients with a variety of solid tumors, investigators found favorable associations of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy with quality of life compared with no immunotherapy use.
Health-Related Quality of Life Declines Sharply Before Dialysis Initiation
For some patients with end-stage kidney disease, improving health-related quality of life after the start of dialysis is more important than prolonging life, according to investigators.
Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Prostate Cancer Mortality Among High-Risk Men
Lifestyle factors not tied to overall diagnosis of prostate cancer
Lupus Nephritis Affects Health-Related Quality of Life
Both renal and extra-renal manifestations of lupus nephritis need to be managed, according to investigators.
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