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Friends shorten kidney patients’ long waits for transplants to mere months by donating organs

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Good news story: Two organ transplant patients reveal how others stepped up for them

By Amy McGorry
As many as nine in 10 adults with chronic kidney disease do not know they have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s an important fact to know during March — National Kidney Month — and all throughout the year.

By the time kidney disease is detected, it is usually in the advanced stages — which means a patient may need dialysis several times a week. Read and watch the story on Fox News.

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Diabetes-Related CKD Rates Dropped Slightly in Recent Years

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— But high incidence, especially in certain racial groups, remains a concern

Rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people with diabetes have dipped in recent years but still remain high, researchers reported.

Between 2015 and 2020, the incidence of CKD among those with diabetes dropped by an estimated 17.6 cases per 1,000 person-years, Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, of Providence Health in Spokane, Washington, and colleagues wrote in a New England Journal of Medicine correspondence. Read the full story in MedPage Today.

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Premature aging may play a role in the progression of CKD

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A better understanding of chronic kidney disease may be found in the study of aging, according to a presenter at the International Conference on Dialysis.

As Healio has previously reported, aging increases the prevalence of some diseases, including chronic kidney disease. Moreover, the loss of kidney function may result in a disconnect between chronological and biological age, according to a presentation.
Read the full story in Healio.

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