How important is obesity to the field of nephrology? Perhaps obesity is the single strongest risk factor for CKD in the US and most of the developed world. While genetics are certainly important, obesity drives the diabetes epidemic…
Nephropoly: Urine Trouble, a winner of the inaugural 2015 ASN Innovations in Kidney Education Contest is now available at the link below. You will need to use a desktop to run this program. Below is a quick description…
National Course for Renal Fellows: Origins of Renal Physiology Applications are now open for this national renal fellows’ course, which runs from August 27 to September 3, 2016 at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories, near Acadia National…
NSMC intern and Pulm Critical Care Attending Kamran Boka produced a great info graphic on the pathophysiology of ecstacy induced kidney injury which has a first round matchup against cocaine toxicity in NephMadness 2016. Check out the entire…
Another great episode of the Wash U Renal Pathology Teaching Series from Timothy Yao.
During my nephrology fellowship, I was asked by a renal transplant recipient at her 9-month post transplant clinic visit “Doctor, can I become pregnant? Will I have a live healthy baby? Will my kidney function get affected?” I…
If you are fortunate, you’ll start life with somewhere in the neighborhood of two million nephrons at birth, and for most, that’s enough to journey through life without a hint of uremia. Even those who maintain good health…
The Kidney Education Foundation is a health organization founded by Nephrologist Dr Sanjay Pandya. Its mission is to educate the people at large about kidney care across all boundaries. It is currently engaged in spreading the information by…
Our nation is aging, not always gracefully, and there is a large burden of CKD to manage. 13% of US adults have CKD stages 1-5 with less than 0.5% having stage 4-5 CKD (USRDS 2015 ADR, partially based…
Check out the next installment of Renal Pathology Teaching Series from the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis.
