Tag: kidney disease

ASDIN president outlines the Society’s achievements from the past two years...

At this year’s American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN) annual scientific meeting (23–25 February 2024, New Orleans, USA), outgoing president Vandana Dua...

Diality unveil new haemodialysis system at ASN Kidney Week 2023

Diality introduced its Moda-flx haemodialysis system on 4 November 2023 at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week meeting, where it was also...
kidney disease patient education

National Kidney Foundation announces the recipients of young investigator research grant...

Earlier this month, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced the five recipients of the 2023 NKF Young Investigator Research Grant Programme.  The programme recognises...

Invizius appoints nephrologist Bernard Canaud to its clinical advisory board

Invizius, a biotechnology company developing treatments for patients on dialysis, announced today the appointment of Bernard Canaud to its clinical advisory board.  Canaud brings with...

Only 40% of diabetes patients get recommended kidney health testing, say...

Not enough diabetes patients are getting their recommended kidney health screenings, according to a new study by the US National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and...

Blood test may predict heart, kidney risk for those with type...

A simple blood test may predict the risk of progressive kidney and heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, according to new...

Even modest kidney function reduction increases health risks in young adults

A study of more than 8 million adults in Ontario, Canada has suggested that even a modest loss of kidney function is associated with...

Study of metabolism may yield new target for kidney treatments

Metabolic changes related to an enzyme “helper molecule”—called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)—may serve as the basis for a future treatment or preventive measure for...

Blood pressure drug could inhibit diabetic kidney disease

A new way to reduce progression of diabetic kidney disease, affecting 40% of people with diabetes, has been discovered by researchers. A University of...

Ultrasound an “objective adjunct” for cannulation that can improve outcomes and...

 Ultrasound is a powerful tool for assessing haemodialysis (HD) access for maturity, but may also be used to guide HD access cannulations and has...

Lyfebulb and CVS Kidney Care announce finalists for 2022 innovation challenge...

Lyfebulb and CVS Kidney Care have announced 10 finalists for the 2022 Innovation Challenge: Accelerating Innovations in Kidney Disease to Improve Health Equity and...

World Kidney Day: University of Leicester receives million-pound donation to enhance...

Research by the University of Leicester (Leicester, UK) into chronic kidney disease has received a major boost on World Kidney Day (10 March 2022) following...

National Kidney Foundation appoints three new executives to Board of Directors

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has announced the appointment of three new members to its national Board of Directors. The new members, Hubert L...

New vascular access handbook intends to provide dialysis patients with answers...

At the 12th Congress of the Vascular Access Society (VAS; 6–9 April 2021, online), Ramon Roca-Tey, senior consultant in nephrology at the Fundación Sanitaria...
global kidney disease guidelines

PVI 2021: Global standardisation of guidelines and patient-first approach to kidney...

In the future, a global approach to help standardise clinical practice guidelines for kidney disease may be the ideal way forward. This was the...

Strive Health unveils dedicated platform to help nephrologists deliver holistic, patient-centred...

Strive Health has announced Strive Care Partners (SCP)—a dedicated platform that enables nephrologists to share and succeed in global risk contracts with payors, according...

Journey Biosciences announces company launch, introduces NaviDKD screening technology for diabetes-related...

Journey Biosciences—a biotechnology company with a proactive diagnostic screening technology for high-risk kidney complications associated with diabetes, has announced its company launch, and the...
evergreen nephrology

Rubicon Founders launches Evergreen Nephrology with intent to “transform” kidney care

Rubicon Founders has announced the launch of Evergreen Nephrology—a company partnering with nephrologists to transform kidney care, according to a press release. Evergreen is...
fist assist devices fa-1

Global FACT trial reports significant superficial arm vein dilation with FA-1...

Fist Assist Devices has just announced completion of the FACT trial, which evaluated the use of an intermittent pneumatic compression device, model FA-1, to...
AAKP summit 2021

Industry leaders agree patients are key to kidney care innovation at...

This year's American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) policy summit highlighted the challenges and opportunities for researchers and companies involved in safely bringing new,...
era congress 2021

ERA-EDTA announces name change following late-breaking clinical data at 2021 congress

Fresh evidence on the usefulness of sonography to ease the burden of lung congestion in haemodialysis patients and “promising data” on a long-awaited targeted...
kidney disease patient education

Better patient education required in decision-making process for kidney disease treatments

Those living with kidney disease need better, more relevant patient education to best participate in the decision-making about their treatment, a new study published...