Top nephrology-related stories of 2016
2016 marks the 7th year of the Top Nephrology Stories post on RFN. When this list first started in 2010 it was more challenging to get the stories. Now 7 years later, everything has changed. In my mind…
Top nephrology-related stories of 2015
What a year 2015 turned out to be. Nephrology social media is beginning to mature with many projects adding to a rich educational experience online. Who needs MOC when you have this! NephJC continues to be one of…
Top nephrology-related stories of 2014
Another year has come and gone. 2014 featured some novel therapies for hyperkalemia and the notable failure of the SYMPLICITY-3 trial for renal denervation in resistant hypertension. ASN Kidney Week continues to grow and each year includes more…
Top nephrology-related stories of 2013
The votes are in! Hard to believe that another year has come and gone. RFN has presented the top 10 stories as voted by the readers of RFN since 2010. 2013 proved to be another interesting year. This…
Top nephrology-related stories of 2012
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. 2012 proved to be a year of ups and downs in the nephrology community. Large clinical trials from the failed phase 3 bardoxalone study in diabetic nephopathy to…
Top nephrology-related stories of 2011
2011 proved to be another exciting year in the world of nephrology. 2010 was dominated with big clinical trials (SHARP, FHN, IDEAL), APOL1 gene variants, Propublica article on HD in the US, and medicare bundling. 2011 proved…
Top nephrology-related stories of 2010
2010 was a busy year in field of nephrology. RFN covered a wide variety of topics over the last year. Several news stories stood out. This is by no means a complete list of all of the major…