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Four hours without power increases odds of pediatric CO poisoning ED visit for all-scale, large-scale power outages.
Patients with diabetic macular edema treated with intravitreal aflibercept have a significantly higher risk of adverse renal events compared with those treated with ranibizumab.
(HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called “Generation Gold Standard” to develop next-generation, ...
SGLT-2 inhibitor use vs DPP-4 inhibitor use was associated with lower incidence of epilepsy among patients with type 2 diabetes.
SGLT2 inhibitors may enable continuation of RAAS inhibitors for hypertension treatment, which is linked with better kidney and cardiovascular outcomes.
Investigators assessed the frequency of lupus flares in patients with kidney failure undergoing dialysis or with a kidney transplant.
The prophylactic efficacy of TMP-SMX was significantly higher in subgroups with baseline lymphopenia, azotemia, microscopic polyangiitis, or relapsed AAV.
(HealthDay News) — The number of kidney transplants performed annually in the United States has increased steadily, but with decreasing allocation efficiency, according to a study published online in ...
Tirzepatide was associated with better glycemic control and weight loss outcomes than semaglutide and insulin among patients with T2D.
Addition of revascularization to optimized medical therapy not beneficial in patients with carotid stenosis ≥50 percent and low or intermediate predicted stroke risk.
Geographic disparities seen, with greater percentage of cardiovascular deaths attributable to di-2-ethylhexylphthalate exposure for South Asia, Middle East.
Radiation from CT scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, research suggests.