Kidney Transplant Rate Increasing, but Efficiency of Allocation System Low
The rate of offers per candidate represents a threefold increase compared with 2015
Higher Temperatures Tied to Greater Risk for Mortality in People Undergoing Dialysis
No association seen in patients with a kidney graft
Proinflammatory Diet Tied to Higher Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors call for prospective studies to assess relationship with different indicators of kidney function
Pig Kidney Removed After Historic Transplant in Alabama Woman
Medically Tailored Meals Are Saving Costs in 49 States
Meals are cost-saving assuming full uptake among eligible patients with diet-related diseases, limitations in activities of daily living
Greater Wealth Linked to Lower Mortality, With Stronger Link in U.S.
United States had a wider gap in survival between the top and bottom wealth quartiles compared with Europe
Judge Blocks Cuts to $11 Billion in Public Health Funding
Chinese Woman Is Third Person to Get a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney
Urine Test Sensitive for Renal Cancer Recurrence After Surgery
GAGome score had 90 percent sensitivity, 51 percent specificity for radiological recurrence, with AUC of 0.73 for nonmetastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma
Lifetime Excess Weight, Adult Weight Gain Linked to Increased Renal Cancer Risk
Higher weighted years with overweight/obesity linked to increased risk for overall, aggressive, fatal, and clear-cell renal cell carcinoma