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Less-than-perfect kidneys can be successfully used for transplants, study shows
Less-than-perfect kidneys can be successfully used for transplants, study shows
8 Jan 2020
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Is Mom's Bariatric Surgery Linked With Birth Defects?
Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson.
16 Oct 2019
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Marathon Running and Kidney Damage: What Runners Should Know
A Yale-led study shows a link between marathon running and short-term acute kidney injury.
10 Oct 2019
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Becker, Crowley, Esserman & Heapy Win Grant Through NIH HEAL Initiative
Yale School of Medicine (YSM) faculty William C. Becker, MD, associate professor (general internal medicine); Susan Crowley, MD, FASN, professor of medicine (nephrology); and Alicia Heapy, PhD; associate professor of psychiatry; teamed with Yale School of Public Health’s (YSPH) Denise Esserman, PhD, associate professor of biostatistics, were recently awarded a grant for their project, “Video-Telecare Collaborative Pain Management to Improve Function and Reduce Opioid Risk in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease Receiving Hemodialysis” through The Helping to End Addiction Long-term, or the NIH HEAL Initiative.
9 Oct 2019
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FDA OKs Canagliflozin to Curtail Diabetic Kidney Disease
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved canagliflozin (Invokana, Janssen) to reduce the risk of end-stage kidney disease, worsening of kidney function, cardiovascular death, and heart failure hospitalization, in adults with type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease.
1 Oct 2019
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Yale Investigators Receive NIH HEAL Grants to Study Solutions to the Opioid Crisis
Yale researchers representing a range of disciplines have been awarded grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (HEAL). This national effort provides $945 million in total funding to support a variety of research projects that tackle the opioid addiction and overdose crisis.
1 Oct 2019
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Living kidney donors face higher risk of hypertension
Compared with non-donors, living kidney donors face a higher risk of developing hypertension, which may have negative effects on their kidney function. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN, indicate the importance of preventing and managing hypertension in individuals who are kidney donors.
19 Sep 2019
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Peixoto Named Vice Chair, Quality & Safety
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Aldo Peixoto, MD, to vice chair, Quality & Safety for the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine (YSM), effective immediately.
17 Sep 2019
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For-profit dialysis center patients less likely to receive a transplant, study finds
Patients with renal failure who get dialysis at for-profit dialysis centers are less likely to receive a kidney transplant than patients who get dialysis at nonprofit centers, according to a study published Tuesday in JAMA.
13 Sep 2019
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Behind the Mystery: Understanding Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE, OR ADPKD – THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE.
4 Sep 2019
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Marathoners, take your marks...and fluid and salt!
Study suggests losses of both may lead to post-marathon kidney injury
29 Aug 2019
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Kudos (July 2019)
Kudos (July 2019)
18 Jul 2019
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Meet Yale Internal Medicine: Q&A With Justin Belcher, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology).
As part of our “Meet Yale Internal Medicine” series, today’s Q&A is with Justin Belcher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (nephrology).
16 Jul 2019
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Stevie Wonder to Have Kidney Transplant in the Fall
Soul singer Stevie Wonder told concertgoers that he is to have a kidney transplant in the fall, following a gig in London's Hyde Park on Saturday night.
8 Jul 2019
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FDA Sunscreen Study Says Little — But Opens Door To More Research
The ingredients in chemical sunscreen enter the bloodstream after just one day of use, according to a new study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration. But that doesn't tell us much. Here & Now's Robin Young checks in with Dr. Perry Wilson (@methodsmanmd), assistant professor of medicine at Yale University, to break down the study results.
3 Jul 2019
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Urine Biomarkers Could Improve Diagnosis of Serious Kidney Allergic Reaction
A team led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers says it has identified two protein biomarkers in urine that may one day be used to better diagnose acute interstitial nephritis (AIN), an underdiagnosed but treatable kidney disorder that impairs renal function in the short term and can lead to chronic kidney disease, permanent damage or renal failure if left unchecked.
25 Jun 2019
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Fedeles Wins Inaugural Young Investigator Award from PKDF
Sorin Fedeles, PhD, MBA, Blavatnik Fellow and former research faculty in the Section of Nephrology won the 2019 Young Investigator Award from the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKDF) for his project studying autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) entitled, “Controlling the viability of PKD mutant cells via inactivation of XBP1 as a novel strategy to treat ADPKD.”
20 Jun 2019
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YSM Faculty, Staff Gather for Respect Retreat
A daylong retreat on changing the medical school’s culture and climate—believed by the organizers to be the first of its kind to take place at a U.S. medical school—was held on May 24 by Yale School of Medicine.
20 Jun 2019
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Welcome START@Yale MD-PhD Students
Four incoming MD-PhD students are participating in the Summer to Advance Research Training at Yale School of Medicine (START@Yale) program which provides students with a mentored research experience and associated educational activities during the summer before the first year of medical school. Click below to read about why they decided to participate in START!
20 Jun 2019
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Over 200 Yale Medicine Physicians Make 2019 ‘Best Doctors’ List
Connecticut Magazine’s 2019 “Best Doctors” list includes 217 Yale Medicine physicians in 50 specialties who were selected by their peers as the best in their fields.
14 Jun 2019