Kristine Houck

SAN DIEGO — Kidney transplant recipients who experience more bodily pain have less involvement and ability to participate in social activities than kidney transplant patients who report less pain, according to data at ASN Kidney Week.“The clinical implication is that chronic pain is a very relevant issue which requires more clinical attention. Management of chronic pain is a complex

SAN FRANCISCO — Orthopedic surgeons are aware of recent parental leave policy changes; however, most reported that at least the parent who gave birth needs more than 6 weeks of leave, according to recently presented data.Results of the survey on opinions and factors that influence the length of parental leave were presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — Sparsentan was shown to be safe and well-tolerated, and reduced proteinuria in adults with IgA nephropathy, according to studies presented at ASN Kidney Week. In this video interview with Healio, Jula K. Inrig, MD, chief medical officer of Travere Therapeutics Inc., discussed findings from a preliminary trial that investigated the efficacy the novel, non-immunosuppressive,

PHILADELPHIA — Sparsentan was shown to be well-tolerated and demonstrated sustained anti-proteinuria effects at the final analysis of 110 weeks, according to research presented at ASN Kidney Week. Brad H. Rovin, chief of nephrology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, presented results of the phase 3 PROTECT Trial, here.   

PHILADELPHIA — Obesity-associated dysregulated aldosterone is an endotype predictive of response to lorundrostat for patients with uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week. In a post-hoc analysis of the Target-HTN phase 2 trial, researchers identified a population of responders to lorundrostat (Mineralys), an orally administered,

The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium will gather the clinical and administrative leadership across university-based musculoskeletal enterprises to share best practices across the business and leadership of academic missions.This year’s symposium, which is being held from Oct. 12-14 in Chicago, will draw 180 chairs, vice chairs and chief administrative

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ORLANDO &mdash;Use of the 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration eGFR formula may lead to incorrect classification of Black living kidney donors as having CKD, according to data presented here. &ldquo;The final messaging for this is the new eGFR, that is a race-neutral eGFR. One has to understand what it really means. No equation is perfect. In trying to correct one issue, we may

CHICAGO — Access to care for patients with ankle sprains is more difficult with Medicaid insurance compared with private insurance, especially in Medicaid unexpanded states, according to results of a study presented here.“For patients with an ankle sprain, it was harder to get access to …

CHICAGO — Revision metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis more significantly reduced pain in patients who had a failed index synthetic cartilage implant for the treatment of hallux rigidus, according to data presented here.“[Metatarsophalangeal joint] MTPJ arthrodesis was found to reduce…