Laura Ratcliffe
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Consultant Nephrologist | Views my own; repost does not imply agreement
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Randall Munroe
about 1 month ago
Rotational Gravity
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#TheListereens
#NephMadnessParty
, complete with PopArt cake. Massive thanks to Sarah, Videsh, Shaza, Usama, and Qiang for their passionate arguments. Still can't get over the TeamCat mask!
about 1 month ago
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Sarah Melville
about 1 month ago
lol, new meme for you & for
#NephMadness
2026, 🤓😃😂
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Ok
#NephMadness
has truly set in. In our local battle, POCUS in AKI just beat Complement Inhibition in IgA nephropathy.
about 1 month ago
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Not sure how to make this week more Kidney!
#UKKW2026
kicked off today,
#NephMadness
teaching session tomorrow, and
#WKD
on Thursday!
about 1 month ago
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Looking forward to our second
#NephMadness
session tomorrow! Antonious Hanna presenting on POCUS.
about 1 month ago
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UK Kidney Association
about 1 month ago
#UKKW26
is officially underway! Day 1 highlights include: 🧠 11:30–13:00 | Opening Plenary: Hypertension (Prof Ian Wilkinson), O’Donoghue Lecture (Prof Smeeta Sinha), Advanced Practice session (Paula McLaren) 💬 14:00–15:30 | Bridging the Gap: CKD & Primary Care Tag us/ follow
#UKKW26
for updates!
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Complement inhibitors were our win for the IgA nephropathy
#NephMadness
bracket! Time for a new meme!
about 2 months ago
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Renal pictionary meets
#NephMadness
! Our first bracket party kicks off tomorrow with ...
about 2 months ago
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JAMA
about 2 months ago
IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of immune-mediated glomerular disease worldwide. 📄 This Review summarizes the pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of primary IgA nephropathy in adults.
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Cristina Popa
about 2 months ago
It’s March 1st 🌸🌷… So, it’s
#NephMadness
time Here are the 8 topics competing tuis year 👇👇 Any favourites?
ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...
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Welcome to #NephMadness 2026
Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen. That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness! Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned veteran, we have all the inf…
https://ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/welcome-to-nephmadness-2026/
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Yay! The
#NephMadness
topics are out!
ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...
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Welcome to #NephMadness 2026
Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen. That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness! Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned veteran, we have all the inf…
https://ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/welcome-to-nephmadness-2026/#prettyPhoto
about 2 months ago
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Brian Rifkin
about 2 months ago
Are you ready for
#NephMadness
baby?
#NephSky
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Tairāwhiti Doc
3 months ago
Sunrise (with beach cat), Tuesday, 3 February, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
3 months ago
#NephMadness
2026: Meet the Gamemakers
bit.ly/3Nk10Ap
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Happy New Year from a freezing Greenwich
4 months ago
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Christmas biscuits 🎄
4 months ago
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Fantastic light today!
4 months ago
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Festive London and Greenwich 🎄
5 months ago
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
5 months ago
An announcement
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11...
#NephJC
@kidneyboy.bsky.social
and moi hand over the
@nephjc.bsky.social
reigns to
@nephroseeker.medsky.social
&
@brianrifkin.bsky.social
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Taking the reigns — NephJC
In April 2014, Swapnil and I launched NephJC—and within weeks we were overwhelmed by the sheer work of running a twice-monthly, Twitter-based journal club. Fortunately, we also had a deep bench of fri...
https://www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11/24/taking-the-reigns
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Matthew Sparks
5 months ago
The 2025
#NephMadness
logo dropped
#kidneywk
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
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Sunday sunshine
8 months ago
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Beautiful moon!
9 months ago
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Hollyhocks
9 months ago
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Hollyhocks, first draft!
9 months ago
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Jacob T. Levy
9 months ago
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrest?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLxdZJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHq-Atz0rkRsioZU1vkk2otlAmMR1W4UfnlSBc6bPHnfyHve_R_QrhySb9ld9_aem_vTqW10W_Mbd_l6J_fUIFaA
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Hollyhocks reaching for the sky!
9 months ago
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Other places to hear Beethoven's Ninth include St Albans tonight!
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A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah
A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.
https://apnews.com/article/uae-fujairah-road-beethoven-ninth-symphony-b1991f9afacb7445f9277fe8ac659ff0?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
10 months ago
Nephrologists deported Grants defunded NIDDK folded into National Institute of body parts AHRQ demolished Now this… When are our organizations going to speak up?
#NephSky
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
9 months ago
‘It is hard to imagine any president dismantling it’ Sad, but true words
@judith-levine.bsky.social
On the ICE expansion as the US becomes a thug-state, in
@theguardian.com
. Libertarians rejoice /s
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine
Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militaries
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/09/ice-immigration-police-trump-budget-bill
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The BMA
10 months ago
Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London. On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured. We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day.
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
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Happy solstice! Amazing swim with black squirrels keeping watch!
10 months ago
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Peonies in bloom
10 months ago
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St Albans giants waiting for next week's parade!
10 months ago
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Looking forward to a fab evening of Vivaldi, Purcell and Haydn!
10 months ago
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Feels close. Hopefully will rain soon. Amazed that crops can grown in such dry soil.
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St Albans International Organ Festival
11 months ago
Exhilarating music, inspirational performers – celebrating the organ and so much more. The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions will take place from 7 to 19 July 2025.
organfestival.com/the-festival/
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Just made it for the evening chorus and sunset!
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11 months ago
KFRE underestimates risk in people with CKD and frailty
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Frailty in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
aim was to validate KFRE by frailty status and assess whether model performance could be improved by using cystatin based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations and to assess the impact...
https://journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstract/9900/frailty_in_adults_with_chronic_kidney_disease_and.619.aspx
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St Albans Cathedral
11 months ago
Hear music that was made to soar — in a space built to carry it. Listen and feel Vivaldi, Haydn & Purcell echoing through the nave of St Albans Cathedral with the brilliant St Albans Bach Choir on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm. 🎟️https://bit.ly/4k0BrQf ~
@stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social
#Summer
#Music
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Kidney Care UK
11 months ago
❗Registration is now open for the Young Adult Kidney Group annual residential weekend! This free event is for young people aged 18-30 who have a kidney condition. Find out more & sign up for 2025 here 👇👉
kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...
Registration closes on Thurs 26 June
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What would the kidney sound like, expressed as orchestral music? Fascinating programme about the Organ Symphony, which "brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs."
loftusmedia.co.uk/project/the-...
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Illuminated - The Organ Symphony - BBC Sounds
Five peoples' stories about their relationship with an internal organ - set to music.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002bs1n?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
11 months ago
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Glorious full moon this evening
11 months ago
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Randall Munroe
12 months ago
PhD Timeline
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
12 months ago
The ASIs have arrived
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Aldosterone synthase inhibitors - first one to finish the phase 3 line
#Lorundrostat
#Hypertension
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Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM
Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension are limited. In this mult...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2501440
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Bluebells at Kew
12 months ago
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Tried to look something up on Israel Penn International Transplant Tumour Registry (
www.ipittwww.ipittr.uc.edu/Home.cfm
) and got a 404. If anyone has the new link, would be v grateful.
#NephSky
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https://www.ipittr.uc.edu/Home.cfm
about 1 year ago
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
about 1 year ago
#NephMadness
2025: The Winners
bit.ly/NM25Winners
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#NephMadness 2025: The Winners
NephMadness 2025 brought us the both the most competitive matchups and brackets in our illustrious history. Team CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases from the CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region was eventual…
https://bit.ly/NM25Winners
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