Body Weight Cycling Tied to Increased Risk for Renal Events in Type 1 Diabetes
Authors say that long-term weight maintenance should be a focus of this population
Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant...
Immunogenic Cancer Vaccine Targets Key Mutations in Kidney Cancer
Personalized vaccine targets key driver mutations and induces antitumor immunity in fully resected high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma
PTLD Up for Seronegative Recipients of Epstein-Barr Virus-Seropositive Donor Kidneys
22.1 percent of EBV D+/R− kidney recipients had posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder at median of 202 days after transplant
FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials...
FDA Approves Ozempic to Protect Kidneys in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A popular diabetes drug just got a major new approval -- and it...
Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant,...
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Tied to Risks and Benefits Beyond Weight Loss
Reduced risks seen for neurocognitive, coagulation, cardiometabolic disorders; increased risks seen for GI, arthritic disorders
Tea Consumption Can Lower Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease
Consuming up to four cups per day associated with lower all-cause mortality among patients with CKD stage 1 to 2
Cancer Mortality Continued to Decline Through 2022
However, increase seen in incidence in women, especially for middle-aged and younger women
