The Case for “Good Enough” Kidneys in Older Adults | Docwire News - goo.gl/alerts/qaxjJ2 #GoogleAlerts

Dialysis Facility Closures in the US From 2018 to 2024: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study bit.ly/4uyyBYB

This Memorial Day (and every day), we remember all fallen service members and will not forget those in Congress who cede their authority under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

By linking #digestion, #metabolism, & #cardiovascular health, #incretin-based therapies do more than just regulate blood sugar; they help reduce morbidity & mortality & are becoming a core component of modern #diabetes care www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #GLP-1 #GIP #MedSky #EndoSky #CardioSky

This is a nice letter on home blood pressure protocols for postprandial hypotension. More research is needed on this topic. Home monitoring may be one strategy. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42145048/

The danger was never an LLM "going rogue" and wiping a database. The danger is 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. In code, a bad unsupervised commit means a broken build and a rollback.

PS We've been missing you! I had to try and take over some of the daily 'Ellie Murray / evidence hygiene' duties! bsky.app/profile/pwgt...

I’m having surgery this week so I’m going to be offline for a bit. Or, possibly, more online than ever before. Who can say! Plz send your fiction recommendations 🙏🏼

Employees of a dealership in Olathe, Kan., found the nest, which is protected under federal law, on top of one of the truck’s tires. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

Scientists are using AI to accelerate the search for treatments for neurological conditions. www.bbc.com/news/article...

U.S. aid cuts may have delayed detecting this Ebola outbreak https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5828951/aid-cuts-may-have-contributed-to-delay-in-identifying-current-ebola-outbreak ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

In this story, they highlight two researchers who scored in the 3rd percentile well over a year ago and were not funded. Is this the environment that’s supposed to “encourage innovation”? How many past papers and discoveries would we have missed under these conditions?

This is a great read led by brilliant, aspiring geriatrician and current resident, Aldis Petriceks. Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in Older Adults - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine www.geriatric.theclinics.com/article/S074...

ADPKD comes with increased risk of aneurysms. This manifestation comes concern, for both patients and MDs. Risk assessment? Screening? Treatment decisions? This ERA Genes&Kidney commentary provides fin-depth guidance based on the @kdigo.org ADPKD guideline. academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...

Dr. Richard Lehman has died - a kind, humble, witty & wise physician-communicator. He pinned this note on his X page: “Final reflection for today: the essence of professionalism is to know what you are doing, and to care about the effect of everything you do.” RIP, Richard. x.com/richardlehma...

Out of Office Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring #Nephpearls #HTNSecrets #WorldHypertensionDay #WorldHypertensionDay2026 #NephSky 👉🏼 shop.elsevier.com/books/hypert...

Why are there squares everywhere in statistics (e.g., normal density, variance, least squares, etc.)? statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/05/16/w...

Breaking: Tracy Beth Hoeg, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, said she was fired from the agency Friday after she declined to resign. W/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

In this edition, @nephroseeker.medsky.social breaks down the Bayesian voodoo behind removing evil humor www.nephjc.com/news/2026/sh... #EMIMCC #NephSky

Modern medicine has transformed how we age, with more people surviving to old age with chronic disease. Karen Modig & Marcus Ebeling examine how aging, health, and care should be redefined to reflect these increasingly complex later lives. 🧪 #aging #healthcare

A reminder that "Biological Aging" isn't a real thing. It's just a hyped up-term for biomarkers, and knowledge of biomarkers is only useful if that specific knowledge leads to better outcomes through improved decision making. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

“If I weren’t dying, people wouldn’t be paying as much attention.” Barney Frank, the retired Democratic congressman from Massachusetts who is in hospice care, is speaking out on the future of the Democratic Party, not wasting a minute of the time he has left.

Yes good to see this. No published clusters to my knowledge have even been validated statistically (see below) much less medically. fharrell.com/post/cluster #Statistics #StatsSky

Most associate dentistry with fillings or cleanings, but it may play a surprising role in regenerative medicine. This Discover Medicine paper explores how stem cells from extracted teeth could offer a promising path to affordable, less invasive therapies. #MedSky

"Only the corrupt are listened to now. And they tell us what we want to hear." From Prince of Darkness, 1987. A supernatural horror movie managing to predict our reality 30 years later.

It’s ME/cfs Awareness Month, btw. I’m very much too aware of my severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. I try to make everyone else who doesn’t have this neuroimmune disease aware of it as well. #mecfs solvecfs.org/me-cfs-long-...

Specialized UChicago Medicine program makes 'impossible' kidney transplant a reality - goo.gl/alerts/AKJUei #GoogleAlerts

Don’t let previous abnormal surgeries to be a barrier for PD catheter insertion. But, the presence of adhesions has been associated with worse outcomes #csnagm #csnscn

Wanna reduce burnout? Less mandatory courses and more AI! #csnagm #csnscn

The big experiment failed Giving bonuses and penalizing for performance to increase home dialysis and transplant did nothing. An RCT jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in JAMA health forum

✨ CSN and CKD-N are happy to welcome Dorry Segev from the USA as keynote speaker for this morning’s joint session on Artificial Intelligence 👨🏻‍🏫 #csnagm #csnscn #ai

Ron Wald the Lazarus Winner! I interviewed him for @nephtimes.bsky.social yesterday. He was great. A researcher whip is really moving the needle. STAART-AKI, PHOSPHATE, WISDOM. #NKFClinicals

Prior winners. Truly impressive list

Every conference in Nephrology must show this slide. It’s a law. #NKFClinicals

He found a partner than engaged with a network. Critical step to gather patients for a trial. #NKFClinicals

How to develop an im[pactful research question. Remember you will need to live with the trial for a number of years. #NKFClinicals

The most important step is the pilot trial. Answers critical questions. You cannot skip this step, or you may end up with an unimplementable trial.

10 lessons on clinical research One:

#KDOQI US Commentary on the @KDIGO.org 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgAN) and Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV) bit.ly/KDOQI26IgAN (FREE) @isabelleayoub.bsky.social @maximalchange.bsky.social @nkf-professionals.bsky.social

📢✨Join us today for the opening session of the 2026 CSN-AGM! Welcome to all attendees in Quebec City & to those following us online from afar! 👋 #csnagm #csnscn

Advocates call on Ottawa to commit to mandatory anti-drunk-driving technology in new vehicles. MADD advocates for built-in alcohol-detection systems to become standard in vehicles, by @jillmahoney.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Good god. Trump fired the entire National Science Board without explanation on Friday afternoon.

Performance of Large Language Models as a Tool for Primary Care Consultations: Evaluation Study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.29.26352082v1

Hemodialysis Prescribing Patterns of Hospital & Satellite Centres: An Institution-Wide Observational Study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.20.26351284v1

Can High Blood Pressure Affect Kidney Function? - Geisinger - goo.gl/alerts/StTezZ #GoogleAlerts

"This, together with the results of another study that found impaired lung function in people with obesity, suggests that losing weight could help people with obesity to improve both their heart and lung health." www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/sev...

💬 Perspective: Regulatory frameworks for autonomous clinical #AI require ongoing competency and performance monitoring; licensure models offer a safer, flexible alternative to FDA device approval. ja.ma/3Raua6M