We are hiring a post-doctoral fellow! Want to promote vascular and brain health, improve hypertension control and quality of life in individuals with CKD and multiple co-morbidities? Join our team! kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/kumc-jobs/job/…
Dementia is common in individuals with CKD. However, mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment in CKD differ from those in aging and AD. Our perspective in JASN highlights some of these differences, especially, the differences in cerebral blood flow. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40493415/
"Calorie density, probably the feature of food that had the biggest impact on our ancestors’ survival, now seemed to be among the most responsible for making us overeat." Fascinating piece by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"We estimate that the sources of drinking water for up to 23 million Americans could be contaminated above regulatory thresholds by wastewater-derived PFAS [forever chemicals] alone." @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
After some icy roads, KC bracing itself for its 4th blizzard in KC history! Stay safe everyone. ❤️
70 may be the new 60 years of age
Older adults in England had much higher levels of levels of cognitive, physical function and vitality than prior generations at the same age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Figure: Change in life expectancy attributable to leading causes of death in 1990–2021 for the USA and among US states and Washington, DC. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.
The burden of disease in the USA has evolved over the past three decades.
A recent study examines the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the USA and highlights the disparities in health outcomes across different states: tinyurl.com/5nsdjbht @ihmeuw.bsky.social
Agree. Cooled dialysate may not be the solution. In fact prior studies showing lower FA with cooler dialysate are worrisome- lower FA is not exactly a ‘good’ sign. Lower FA is associated with dementia!
So true. We have to remind people what it was like before we had vaccines. It’s easy to forget if you haven’t witnessed this yourself.
Many important tasks in nephrology are not RVU generating. Dialysis is. We gave up our other revenue generating tasks to IR and ICU. The problem may not with nephrology but with running health care as a for profit/ business where nephrologists are not appropriately compensated.
Image of a post from Max Kennerly: A notable aspect of private health insurance is the absence of any reason for it to exist. It does not contain costs, expand coverage, or expedite care – it makes those all worse. Its sole function is to profit as a rent-seeking middleman between patients and providers.
I will post this forever...
