The Case for “Good Enough” Kidneys in Older Adults | Docwire News - goo.gl/alerts/qaxjJ2 #GoogleAlerts
The Case for “Good Enough” Kidneys in Older Adults | Docwire News
Anna Gaddy, MD, discusses recent study findings from Matthew Kaufmann, PhD, showing that transplantation with kidneys of decreased quality may be worthwhile for older adults.
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Dialysis Facility Closures in the US From 2018 to 2024: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study bit.ly/4uyyBYB
This Memorial Day (and every day), we remember all fallen service members and will not forget those in Congress who cede their authority under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
By linking #digestion, #metabolism, & #cardiovascular health, #incretin-based therapies do more than just regulate blood sugar; they help reduce morbidity & mortality & are becoming a core component of modern #diabetes care www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #GLP-1 #GIP #MedSky #EndoSky #CardioSky
This is a nice letter on home blood pressure protocols for postprandial hypotension. More research is needed on this topic. Home monitoring may be one strategy. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42145048/
Individualized Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Postural Timing Strategies for Postprandial Hypotension: A Rehabilitation Perspective - PubMed
Individualized Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Postural Timing Strategies for Postprandial Hypotension: A Rehabilitation Perspective
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The danger was never an LLM "going rogue" and wiping a database. The danger is 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. In code, a bad unsupervised commit means a broken build and a rollback.
PS We've been missing you! I had to try and take over some of the daily 'Ellie Murray / evidence hygiene' duties! bsky.app/profile/pwgt...
Peter Tennant@pwgtennant.bsky.social · 3mo ago'Can engaging in the arts slow ageing, as a recent study suggested?' I'm excited to share my new piece in @theconversation.com! Please share! Prepare for a drive-by lesson in reverse causality, residual confounding, and the importance of asking "compared to what?"
I’m having surgery this week so I’m going to be offline for a bit. Or, possibly, more online than ever before. Who can say! Plz send your fiction recommendations 🙏🏼
Employees of a dealership in Olathe, Kan., found the nest, which is protected under federal law, on top of one of the truck’s tires. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
A Ford Truck, Home to Newborn Robins, Is Stuck at a Kansas Car Dealer
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Scientists are using AI to accelerate the search for treatments for neurological conditions. www.bbc.com/news/article...
AI used to speed up search for motor neurone disease drugs
Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.
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U.S. aid cuts may have delayed detecting this Ebola outbreak https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5828951/aid-cuts-may-have-contributed-to-delay-in-identifying-current-ebola-outbreak ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁
In this story, they highlight two researchers who scored in the 3rd percentile well over a year ago and were not funded. Is this the environment that’s supposed to “encourage innovation”? How many past papers and discoveries would we have missed under these conditions?
Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 3mo agoMore on the destruction of US science. www.chronicle.com/article/they...
This is a great read led by brilliant, aspiring geriatrician and current resident, Aldis Petriceks. Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in Older Adults - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine www.geriatric.theclinics.com/article/S074...
Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in Older Adults
Hypertension is the most diagnosed condition among adults aged 60 years and older and is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality. In this article, we review current evidence on blood pressure e...
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ADPKD comes with increased risk of aneurysms. This manifestation comes concern, for both patients and MDs. Risk assessment? Screening? Treatment decisions? This ERA Genes&Kidney commentary provides fin-depth guidance based on the @kdigo.org ADPKD guideline. academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...
KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for ADPKD: a commentary on intracranial aneurysms and other vascular manifestations from the ERA Working Group Genes & Kidney
Abstract. The 2025 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) addresses intracranial aneurysms (ICAs) and o
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Dr. Richard Lehman has died - a kind, humble, witty & wise physician-communicator. He pinned this note on his X page: “Final reflection for today: the essence of professionalism is to know what you are doing, and to care about the effect of everything you do.” RIP, Richard. x.com/richardlehma...
Out of Office Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring #Nephpearls #HTNSecrets #WorldHypertensionDay #WorldHypertensionDay2026 #NephSky 👉🏼 shop.elsevier.com/books/hypert...
Why are there squares everywhere in statistics (e.g., normal density, variance, least squares, etc.)? statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/05/16/w...
Why are there squares everywhere in statistics (e.g., normal density, variance, least squares, etc.)? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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Breaking: Tracy Beth Hoeg, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, said she was fired from the agency Friday after she declined to resign. W/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
Top Drug Regulator Is Fired From the F.D.A.
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In this edition, @nephroseeker.medsky.social breaks down the Bayesian voodoo behind removing evil humor www.nephjc.com/news/2026/sh... #EMIMCC #NephSky
NephJC Short: Bayesian leash: How a prior walked the Tigris across the finish line — NephJC
Can polymyxin B hemadsorption truly shift the fate of septic shock, or is the outcome already written?
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Modern medicine has transformed how we age, with more people surviving to old age with chronic disease. Karen Modig & Marcus Ebeling examine how aging, health, and care should be redefined to reflect these increasingly complex later lives. 🧪 #aging #healthcare
Beyond survival: Redefining successful aging in the era of medical complexity
Modern medicine has transformed not only how long we live, but also how we age, with more people surviving to old age with chronic disease. This Perspective examines how aging, health, and care…
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A reminder that "Biological Aging" isn't a real thing. It's just a hyped up-term for biomarkers, and knowledge of biomarkers is only useful if that specific knowledge leads to better outcomes through improved decision making. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’
Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes
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“If I weren’t dying, people wouldn’t be paying as much attention.” Barney Frank, the retired Democratic congressman from Massachusetts who is in hospice care, is speaking out on the future of the Democratic Party, not wasting a minute of the time he has left.
Former Congressman Barney Frank, Now in Hospice, Offers Democrats Frank Words of Advice
Mr. Frank speaks about the missteps of the Democratic Party and his hope for its future. “Frankly, if I weren’t dying, people wouldn’t be paying as much attention.”
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Yes good to see this. No published clusters to my knowledge have even been validated statistically (see below) much less medically. fharrell.com/post/cluster #Statistics #StatsSky
The Burden of Demonstrating Statistical Validity of Clusters – Statistical Thinking
Patient clustering, often described as the finding of new phenotypes, is being used with increasing frequency in the medical literature. Most of the applications of clustering of observations are not ...
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Most associate dentistry with fillings or cleanings, but it may play a surprising role in regenerative medicine. This Discover Medicine paper explores how stem cells from extracted teeth could offer a promising path to affordable, less invasive therapies. #MedSky
Beyond the Tooth: How Dental Stem Cells Might Help Heal the Body
In recent years, dental pulp stem cells have emerged as a fascinating topic in the fields of regenerative medicine and translational research. Once limited to oral care, dental stem cells are now being explored for treating systemic conditions like nerve, cartilage, heart, and brain disorders.
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"Only the corrupt are listened to now. And they tell us what we want to hear." From Prince of Darkness, 1987. A supernatural horror movie managing to predict our reality 30 years later.
It’s ME/cfs Awareness Month, btw. I’m very much too aware of my severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. I try to make everyone else who doesn’t have this neuroimmune disease aware of it as well. #mecfs solvecfs.org/me-cfs-long-...
About the Disease - Solve ME/CFS Initiative
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic, complex, neuroimmune disease that profoundly limits the health and productivity of patients and, like Long Covid, is often tri...
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Specialized UChicago Medicine program makes 'impossible' kidney transplant a reality - goo.gl/alerts/AKJUei #GoogleAlerts
Specialized UChicago Medicine program makes ‘impossible’ kidney transplant a reality - UChicago Medicine
After 13 years on dialysis, Eddie Oppong received a lifesaving kidney transplant through a groundbreaking UChicago Medicine program designed to help patients with rare immune conditions.
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