Adults with proteinuric chronic kidney disease can now access PBS-subsidised empagliflozin, regardless of their diabetes status, in addition to standard care. On Monday, 10mg empagliflozin…
A 62-year-old man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, US doctors have…
Geoff, a 79-year-old retiree, is a long-term aged care resident. The nursing staff report that he has had a red rash in both axillae for…
Doctors in Morrocco have recounted a “rare and initially puzzling” case of green urine discolouration that resolved spontaneously in a young trauma patient. Their 15-year-old…
The TGA has approved empagliflozin to prevent chronic kidney disease progression in adults regardless of diabetes status, in addition to standard care. Under the expanded…
This article has been updated. The US medicines regulator has slapped a boxed warning on the osteoporosis medication denosumab regarding the increased risk of severe…
Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure (37% non-Indigenous Australians; 69% Indigenous Australians) and around 50% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM)…
A GP prescribed the wrong lithium dose to a patient despite receiving a hospital discharge summary and reports with the correct, lower dose, an inquest…
GPs can now prescribe finerenone under the PBS to prevent worsening kidney function in adults with chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes. More…
An enormous kidney stone removed from a retired Sri Lankan soldier has broken not one but two world records to become the largest ever recorded.…
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