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For acute myocardial infarction survivors

ACEI/ARBs Up AMI Outcomes Regardless of Renal Status

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Treatment linked to improved long-term survival, regardless of underlying kidney function
For statin-treated patients with coronary heart disease

Renal Function Key to Cardiac Outcome in Statin-Treated CHD

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Intrastudy stabilization, increase in eGFR linked to reduced MCVE rate in atorvastatin-treated patients

March 2016 Briefing – Nephrology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nephrology for March 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
The question of whether national guidelines need to be developed for assessing the competence of aging physicians was discussed during a recent meeting of key stakeholders

Are Guidelines Needed to Assess Competence of Aging Physicians?

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Reps from physician, hospital, patient safety organizations explore need for national guidelines
Groundbreaking liver and kidney transplants from an HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipients were announced Wednesday by surgeons at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins Announces HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants

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One donor supplied a kidney to one patient and a liver to another patient
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Intensive Glucose Control Offers Lasting Reduction in Risk of ESKD

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In-trial reduction in risk of ESKD seen in ADVANCE trial persists after 9.9 years of follow-up
The elements of a team-based care model are described in a report published by the American Medical Association.

AMA Addresses Elements of Team-Based Care Model

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New module from STEPS Forward collection describes how to bring these elements together
Women doctors can address the gender wage disparity by understanding the reasons why they earn less

How Can We Fix the Wage Gap Among Female Physicians?

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Women need to become better negotiators and lobby for transparency to reduce gender wage disparity
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has endorsed the European Association of Urology guideline on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer

ASCO Endorses European Guideline on Bladder Cancer

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Guideline on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer, with qualifying statements
If offered $50

Financial Compensation May Encourage Kidney Donation

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59 percent of survey respondents said that $50,000 would make them more likely to donate a kidney