This editorial review summarizes the latest information on the bone-renal axis, and how it is affected in chronic kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Reduced nephron number is hypothesized to be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Whether reduced nephron number accelerates the early stages of diabetic nephropathy is unknown. Diabetes
George L. Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago School of Medicine, summarizes key points from the first Cardio Kidney Diabetes (CKD) Global Consensus Conference, 2007. Medscape Nephrology
The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for budesonide inhalation powder, carbamazepine chewable and extended-release tablets, nalidixic acid, and ciprofloxacin extended-release tablets. Medscape Medical News
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia together nearly double the risk of an abnormal myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomogram (SPECT). Reuters Health Information