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The RELIEF鈩� ureteral stent has achieved FDA clearance as the first and only stent to have approval for the prevention of vesicoureteral reflux, a major cause of patient discomfort. RELIEF鈥檚 unique suture design allows natural opening and closing of the ureteral orifice, thereby preventing vesicoureteral reflux.

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Top advocacy goals the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has championed throughout the 118th Congress have been included in draft text for a large end-of-year legislative package on Capitol Hill.

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鈥淲e will use optical genome mapping for molecular diagnosis of brain tumors, which is a new application of this technology specifically designed to detect structural variants, meaning large chan...

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The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) commends Senator John Boozman and Senator Ben Ray Luj谩n for their introduction of the Honor Our Living Donors (HOLD) Act in the Senate.

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By most accounts, Wilms tumor treatment is a success story. For those younger than 20 who develop this most common form of childhood kidney cancer, five-year survival rates are over 90%.But for the roughly 15% of children with Wilms tumor who relapse鈥攐r for those whose cancer does not respond to treatment鈥攕urvival rates plummet.

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Cleveland Clinic researchers have found definitive proof of a kidney microbiome that influences renal health and kidney stone formation, demonstrating that the urinary tract is not sterile and low levels of bacteria are normal. The Nature Communications publication describes the rigorous multi-pronged approach a team led by Aaron Miller, PhD, and Jos茅 Agudelo, MD, used to identify and characterize the small bacterial community by combining preclinical, human and dish studies.

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New potential therapeutic targets have been identified for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) - the leading cause of kidney failure in the world - that could see patients treated with new gene and drug therapies preventing the disease鈥檚 progression into end stage kidney failure.

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The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) celebrates the introduction of the Expanding Support for Living Donors Act of 2024, legislation that would bolster and expand support for living organ donors.

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A study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center may have, at last, cracked the cold case of immunotherapy resistance.

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved funding awards totaling more than $156 million for new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), as well as research to improve methods and strengthen the science of engagement in CER.

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The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) welcomes the final Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

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Identical twins Linda Thomas and Karen Rodman, 56, have shared everything from the moment they were born. The Las Vegas residents live less than five miles from each other. They work together, carpool together, shop together. Their phone numbers would be identical, save for the last digit.

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Providing information about dialysis and transplant to a patient in a non-urgent environment leads to better outcomes and improved patient care said Dr. Krissberg. There are a lot of moving parts when...

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UChicago Medicine's current clinic on Salt Creek Lane in Hinsdale will close Nov. 21, and open across the street in a new, larger facility Dec. 2.

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Alyssa Stolarik, RN, BSN, clinical coordinator of Cardiology at Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center, received the Second Best Research Poster Award at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit held in San Antonio, Texas. Her work, titled 鈥淚mproving Compliance with Post-PCI Creatinine,鈥� highlights significant advancements in the management of post-procedural care and patient outcomes. The research addresses the critical issue of acute kidney injury (AKI) post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), demonstrating a marked reduction in risk-standardized AKI rates, which significantly surpasses national benchmarks.

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Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair Designate of Epidemiology in the Peter O鈥橠onnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center, is a 2024 recipient of the American Heart Association鈥檚 (AHA) highest commendation, the Distinguished Scientist award. The honor recognizes Dr. He鈥檚 prolific research on reducing the risks of cardiometabolic diseases, including heart disease, stroke, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease.

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Researchers from both Johns Hopkins Medicine and Yale University collaborated on the development and application of a diagnostic model to detect acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) in patients, which could have a lasting impact on getting patients diagnosed earlier

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The article, Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV, details findings supporting HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants as safe and just as effective as those using organs from donors without HIV.

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