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Last updated Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:03:03 -0500 GMT.

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• Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease (www.nejm.org)
  
• Lower Blood Pressure May Help Sicker Kidney Patients (news.google.com)
  
• Fresenius Medical Care Announces Top 10 Destinations for Dialysis Patients (news.google.com)
  
• The link between bone and coronary calcifications in CKD-5 patients on haemodialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Midodrine hydrochloride: FDA Proposes Withdrawal of Low Blood Pressure Drug (www.fda.gov)
  
• Arteriovenous Fistulas among Incident Hemodialysis Patients in Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs Facilities. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Does Blockade of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Slow Progression of All Forms of Kidney Disease? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Exercise therapy correlates with improving renal function through modifying lipid metabolism in patients with cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Kidney cancer: A new nomogram predicting survival in renal cell carcinoma. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Early Dialysis May Not Improve Survival in Stage V Chronic Kidney Disease (news.google.com)
  
• Serum Phosphate and Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• The Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Protein in urine can forecast kidney disease: study (www.reutershealth.com)
  
• Central Pulse Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease. A Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Ancillary Study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Bill Peckham's Analysis of the Bundle (www.billpeckham.com)
  
• Genzyme Encouraged by CMS Decision to Delay Oral Drug Inclusion in Dialysis Patient Benefit (www.pharmalive.com)
  
• New Medicare Rules May Curb Use of Anemia Drugs for Dialysis (news.google.com)
  
• Sex differences in the impact of diabetes on mortality in chronic dialysis patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Hypervolemia Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Hemodialysis Patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Renal Function Equations before and after Living Kidney Donation: A Within-Individual Comparison of Performance at Different Levels of Renal Function. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Berwick appointed to head CMS during Senate recess (news.google.com)
  
• Finally, a Medicare/Medicaid Chief (news.google.com)
  
• Pre-emptive kidney transplantation - Just do it!! (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Hepcidin-25 is a marker of the response rather than resistance to exogenous erythropoietin in chronic kidney disease/chronic heart failure patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sirtuins and Their Relevance to the Kidney. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Cost Effectiveness of Paricalcitol versus a Non-Selective Vitamin D Receptor Activator for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the UK: A Chronic Kidney Disease Markov Model. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Early versus Late Initiation of Dialysis (content.nejm.org)
  
• Blood Pressure Control in Chronic Kidney Disease: Is Less Really More? (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Senate restores payment for doctors, but too late to stop Medicare claims processing at lower rate. House to vote next week. (www.reuters.com)
  
• Health Information Technology Certification Program established (healthit.hhs.gov)
  
• World's longest-surviving kidney patient to be honored in SeaTac (news.google.com)
  
• Senate Rejects Plan To Extend Jobless Aid, Avert Looming Medicare Cuts (news.google.com)
  
• NYU Cleared in Transplant of Kidney (online.wsj.com)
  
• Association Between Major Depressive Episodes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Initiation of Dialysis, Hospitalization, or Death [Original Contribution] (jama.ama-assn.org)
  
• Awareness of chronic kidney disease among patients and providers. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Burden of illness for patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease and anemia in the United States: review of the literature. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• US Renal to Buy DCA for 112 Million (www.foxbusiness.com)
  
• CMS Gives Update on Claim Status After Legislation Extending Medicare Payment ... (news.google.com)
  
• Chronic kidney disease care program improves quality of pre-end-stage renal disease care and reduces medical costs. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Oklahoma senator forces nationwide 21% in doctor payment (washingtonindependent.com)
  
• The other health care bill that was bitterly opposed: Medicare (news.google.com)
  
• Fact Checks on Health Care Law (www.google.com)
  
• Health Care Reform Passes House - On Way to Obama (www.forbes.com)
  
• Landmark Accord Trial Finds Intensive Blood Pressure and Combination Lipid Therapies do not Reduce Combined Cardiovascular Events in Adults with Diabetes (www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Dialysis questions come on World Kidney Day (www.poconorecord.com)
  
• Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Lower HDL-C and apoA-I are related to higher glomerular filtration rate in subjects without kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Diabetic kidney disease: act now or pay later. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Northwest Kidney Center helps battle disease (news.google.com)
  
• Perioperative Mortality and Long-term Survival Following Live Kidney Donation [Original Contribution] (jama.ama-assn.org)
  
• A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial of Taurolidine-Citrate Catheter Locks for the Prevention of Bacteremia in Patients Treated With Hemodialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Efficacy of Rosuvastatin Among Men and Women With Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease and Elevated High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein A Secondary Analysis from the JUPITER (Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention-an Intervention Trial Evaluating R (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Understanding Sources of Dietary Phosphorus in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Urine Microscopy Is Associated with Severity and Worsening of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• The effect of paricalcitol and cinacalcet on serum phosphate, FGF-23 and bone in rats with chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• World Kidney Day --- March 11 (www.cdc.gov)
  
• Senate passes $10 B jobless benefit measure - Bunning filibuster ends (www.cnn.com)
  
• Statement from NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers for World Kidney ... (www.nih.gov)
  
• Beta2-Microglobulin Can Be a Disease Activity Marker in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Is It Time To Modify The Target Range For Serum Phosphorus Levels In Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• In a maneuver described as "shocking," Senators allow doctors to get a 21% cut in Medicare payments for Service (www.ama-assn.org)
  
• Medicare to Delay Paying Physician Claims the First 2 Weeks of March (news.google.com)
  
• World Kidney Day 2010 (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Survival rates for dialysis patients rise (news.google.com)
  
• Cigarette Smoking, Kidney Function, and Mortality After Live Donor Kidney Transplant. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Genetic factors may help predict kidney disease risk (news.google.com)
  
• Diabetic kidney disease: Act now or pay later. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Physical Exercise in Patients with Severe Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Former DaVita nurse requests new attorney (news.google.com)
  
• Effects of Interleukin-6 on Depression Risk in Dialysis Patients. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Early vs late start of dialysis: it's all about timing. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• FDA Announces New Safety Plan for Agents Used to Treat Chemotherapy-Related Anemia (www.pharmalive.com)
  
• Dialysis patients improve energy, treatment through cycling (news.google.com)
  
• Qui Tam alleges improper billing practice violations against dialysis company (www.lexology.com)
  
• A Comparison of SF-36 and SF-12 Composite Scores and Subsequent Hospitalization and Mortality Risks in Long-Term Dialysis Patients (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• NEJM: Stents better than balloon angioplasty in dialysis patients with AV graft stenosis. (content.nejm.org)
  
• Angioaccess for Dialysis 2010 (nephron.org)
  
• Govt urged to rethink dialysis funding snub (news.google.com)
  
• Reassessment of Albumin as a Nutritional Marker in Kidney Disease (jasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• High Fructose Corn Syrup and Metabolic Syndrome (www.medscape.com)
  
• Congratulations to Tom Parker, AAKP Medal of Excellence Winner for 2010 (www.aakp.org)
  
• Amelioration of metabolic acidosis in patients with low GFR reduced kidney endothelin production and kidney injury, and better preserved GFR. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Predicting Six-Month Mortality for Patients Who Are on Maintenance Hemodialysis (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Effects of Cinacalcet and Concurrent Low-Dose Vitamin D on FGF23 Levels in ESRD (cjasn.asnjournals.org)
  
• Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Elderly with Metabolic Syndrome and High Levels of C-Reactive Protein: Kahrizak Elderly Study. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Blood lead level and kidney function in US adolescents: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Regeneration and the kidney. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Vascular calcification score on plain radiographs of the feet as a predictor of peripheral arterial disease in patients with chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Quality of life predicts risks of end-stage renal disease and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Sugar-sweetened soda consumption, hyperuricemia, and kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill (www.cnn.com)
  
• Horseshoe Kidney in an 80 Year Old with Chronic Kidney Disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Chronic kidney disease: Oral bicarbonate: renoprotective in CKD? (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Kidney transplant success: Dr. Joseph Murray pioneered 55 years ago (news.google.com)
  
• Blood pressure in chronic kidney disease stage 5D-report from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes controversies conference. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• FGF23-parathyroid interaction: implications in chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Steve Fadem's Letter to CMS Regarding ESRD Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (nephron.com)
  
• Patients and Doctors Search the Web (www.renalandurologynews.com)
  
• Predicting Six-Month Mortality for Patients Who Are on Maintenance Hemodialysis. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  
• Inflammation modifies the association of osteoprotegerin with mortality in chronic kidney disease. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)