Jardiance Approved for Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease
WEBSeptember 25, 2023. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jardiance ® (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of sustained decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), end ...
Study: Ibuprofen Found Safest NSAID for the Kidney
WEBMay 10, 2021 · Ibuprofen was the safest NSAID, conferring a significant 12% increased risk of incident eGFR less than 60, 32% increased risk of an eGFR decline of 30% or greater, and 34% increased risk of the ...
Time to Say Goodbye to the DRE for Prostate Cancer Screening
WEBJanuary 12, 2021. Screening and assessing for prostate cancer (PCa) is a major component of a urologist’s practice. For most urologists, part of this process includes the digital rectal ...
The Potential Dangers of Ketogenic Diets in Kidney Disease
WEBAugust 19, 2021. Higher-protein ketogenic (keto) diets may hasten kidney failure and cause other medical problems in patients with kidney disease, according to the most comprehensive review yet of ...
PSA Levels After Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy Prognostic
WEBMay 28, 2024 · The 10-year PCSM rates for the RT alone, RT plus short-term ADT, and RT plus long-term ADT groups were 11.7%, 12.8%, and 12.1%, respectively, for the men with a PSA value of 0.1 ng/mL or higher ...
Dutasteride Linked to Adverse Sexual Side Effects
WEBJune 27, 2017. A new observational study supports a link between long-term dutasteride treatment and sexual side effects, including worsening erectile dysfunction (ED) and reduced testosterone ...
Managing Vitamin K in Chronic Kidney Disease - Renal and …
WEBAug 18, 2023 · Studies across of patients with CKD stages 3-5 those on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis have found significant numbers of patients with vitamin K deficiency or subclinical deficiency. There ...
Aspirin Found Effective for Erectile Dysfunction
WEBJan 29, 2018 · At baseline, the proportions of patients who answered yes to SEP2 and SEP3 were similar in both study arms: 51.6% and 31.6%, respectively, for the aspirin group and 50% and 31.2% for the placebo ...
Some Men With PI-RADS 5 Lesions Can Forgo Systematic Prostate …
WEBJuly 28, 2021. Urologists may be able to skip systematic biopsy (SB) and perform targeted prostate biopsy (TB) alone in men with PI-RADS 5 lesions and a PSA density greater than 15%, a new study ...
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Renal and Urology News
WEBMar 19, 2024 · Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex clinical disorder frequently seen in hospitalized critically ill patients. 1 It is defined as a functional or structural kidney abnormality in which a ...