My reaction when I saw how late the Switzerland/Algeria game starts
Ryan Town
@kidneywiki.bsky.social
pediatric kidney doctor 🤏🏽🫘 in denver creator of kidney.wiki, the home for pediatric nephrology education. impact factor 11. #pedneph #nephsky #skyneph #MedSky #MedEd #nephrologist #nephro #neph #nephtwitter
Props to @asnkidney.bsky.social for having #KidneyWk in a more civilized location this year As an added bonus, I'll be able to WALK to the convention center 🤯
Remember when social media wasn't *completely* ruined yet? It felt fragile at the time. Turns out it was.
Affordable 💵 SGLT2 inhibitor 💊 Thanks 🙏 for this @mcuban.bsky.social @costplusdrugs.com HT @kidneyboy.bsky.social for highlighting this #NephSky
Starting today, kidney.wiki now features a daily medical crossword challenge! Solve one new clue every weekday for free, or unlock the entire puzzle now by supporting our mission to keep pediatric nephrology education accessible
Starting today, kidney.wiki now features a daily medical crossword challenge! Solve one new clue every weekday for free, or unlock the entire puzzle now by supporting our mission to keep pediatric nephrology education accessible
📣 New from kidney.wiki: pediatric blood pressure calculator Quick link: kidney.wiki/bp • Calculate BP thresholds, percentiles and classify BP • One-click copy interpretation • Hold shift+click to copy BP thresholds or percentiles • Optional height-age comparisons for extreme statures >+/- 2 SDS
📣 New from kidney.wiki: pediatric blood pressure calculator Quick link: kidney.wiki/bp • Calculate BP thresholds, percentiles and classify BP • One-click copy interpretation • Hold shift+click to copy BP thresholds or percentiles • Optional height-age comparisons for extreme statures >+/- 2 SDS
3: Are you stayin home today, daddy? Yeah buddy, it's Saturday so I get to stay home with you today 3: Can you stay home for ever and ever? 🥺
🚨 #NephJC short 🩳from @kidneyboy.bsky.social The PUSH trial! 😉Can a wink, a nudge & a push encourage kidney stone formers to drink more fluid to prevent recurrence 🪨? (Hint: have 💦 behavioral trials worked in CHF or PCKD?) #NephSky #MedSky www.nephjc.com/news/2026/4/2/nephjc-short-the-push-trial
NephJC Short: The Push Trial — NephJC
Water, water everywhere. Can a wink, a nudge and a push increase water intake to decrease kidney stone formation?
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"Alright time to go poop in the potty!" 3: That's ok. I'll just poop when I'm napping." "But if you go poop in the potty just two more times you'll get to have that awesome new car toy you wanted!" 3: "Oh, I already have so many toys. You can give it to someone else." ...what?! He's impervious!
Is it just me or have the #pedneph locums people have been OUT OF CONTROL the last couple weeks?
Giving the kids a kiss goodbye before work this morning: 3: "Daddy please kiss me on my head and not on my mouth. My nose is runny and I don't want to make you runny." Kid's already got a better grasp on germ theory than our HHS Secretary 😬
Recent technologic advances in neonatal dialysis have changed current dialysis practices. Read this Original Article on dialysis modality & mortality of the Contemporary Infant and Neonatal Dialysis (COINED) Cohort. Open Access link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ages 2-4 are just the best 😂 3: "Daddy, my bandaid is puh-po!" Me: "Oh, it's PURR-ple? That's great!" 3: "Actually I can hay it very well. You don't need to teach me."
Well, at least I had already updated my immunization related smartphrases from "...per CDC guidelines" to "...per AAP guidelines" so I don't have to do that all over again
New out today: Antiproteinuric Effect of Sparsentan in Patients with Genetic-Associated FSGS Enrolled in the DUPLEX Trial Genetic FSGS CAN be treated. journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
Me, playing with 1 in the living room: 3, in the kitchen helping make dinner: "I love you daddy but I'm busy. You know I would love to come and play with you but I can't right now." Have the tables turned? 🤔
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed .
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3 holds his hands like this after eating, ironically looks like he's just done a sterile scrub and is avoiding contamination 👐🏽
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BREAKING: CDC website now recommends giving babies whole grapes, hotdogs cut into circles. FDA advises that all household cleaning agents be left in unlocked kitchen cabinets at floor level. HHS secretary states previous guidance "created generation of soft men."
@askrenal.bsky.social How does the pricing of genetic testing in Mexico compare to the US? E.g., for Renasight or something comparable, or for individual genes. If a patient is about to move out of the US, would they be better off $$ wise getting genetic testing done now or waiting until they move?
UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell Medicare products www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u... "Critics have questioned whether there's a conflict in AARP lobbying on Medicare issues while it collects large sums from firms selling to Medicare patients." Well, I can answer that one for you. 🙄
UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell branded health coverage
The disclosure sheds more light on a partnership dating to the 1990s.
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We were delighted to find out we had a mature peach tree in our yard after we moved in. Third summer in and I'm getting the hang of things. Luckily a bunch of my neighbors love peaches!
Thrilled to have this finally published! If you are interested in learning about the collagen IV diseases Gould syndrome and Alport syndrome, add this to your reading list. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Collagen IV in Gould syndrome and Alport syndrome
Nature Reviews Nephrology - In this Review, the authors focus on the role of collagen IV in Gould syndrome and Alport syndrome. They discuss the molecular and phenotypic similarities and...
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