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- June
- RPA- Public Policy in a Minute JUNE
- CJASN: Popularity of Nephrology Declining
- Chinese teen sells his kidney for an iPad 2
- Chinese teen sells his kidney for an iPad 2
- Chinese teen sells his kidney for an iPad 2
- Some Clarity Regarding Vitamin D Screening?
- Down Goes the Food Pyramid
- FDA Finds No Link Between ARBs and Cancer
- May
- April
- What is the REAL Link Between Salt and Hypertension?
- Comparison of Dietary Phosphate Absorption - Lanthanum Vs. Sevelamer in Healthy Volunteers: A Balance Study
- RPA's Public Policy in a Minute for April 2011
- Diet drug, Xenical tied to kidney damage
- Scientists Say They Have Created Human Kidneys From Stem Cells
- Edith Helm, 76, first woman to receive kidney transplant
- Captopril Turns 30 Years Old Today
- March
- More Data Proving ACEi and ARB to be a Bad Combination
- Whole Grain Cereal May Help Control Blood Pressure
- 2011 RPA Annual Meeting - Day 3
- Are We Wasting Our Time Chasing Mineral and Bone Metabolic Abnormalities?
- 2011 RPA Annual Meeting Day 1
- 2011 RPA Annual Meeting Day 2
- Use of Aspirin Associates with Longer Primary Patency of Hemodialysis Grafts
- CMS Will Not Change CKD - ESA Policy
- Happy World Kidney Day!
- Kidney Walk 2011 Long Island - MAY 15th @ Hofstra University
- Satellite Healthcare Launches Kidneys Do That Website
- NEJM: Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
- February
- FDA Approves Another ARB
- Higher Education Linked to Lower Blood Pressure
- Survey on Medicare's Kidney Disease Education Benefit
- Vitamin D Supplementation: Is it ClinicallyNecessary?
- Urine-sniffing Dogs to Screen for Prostate Cancer
- ACO's Beginning to Take Form
- Wrong Patient Recieved Kidney Shutting Down USC's Transplant Program
- RPA February 2011 Public Policy in a Minute
- Top 10 Nephrology Fellowship Programs
- Wake Forest Baseball Coach Donates Kidney To His Outfielder
- January
- Prevention of Dialysis Catheter Malfunction with TPA
- Financial Incentives for Hypertensive Control Fail
- "Turns out its bad news bears wen ur wizz is brown"
- Periodontal Disease and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients
- Kidney Problems Linked to Skipping Heart Meds
- World's First Kidney Donor Dies
- sorta NEW BP MED - Nexiclon
- American Heart Association Calling for Further Sodium Reduction
- American Dietetic Association releases CKD Nutrition Guidelines
- Family Guy : New Kidney in Town
- NBC Nightly News Reports - 'Diagnosing dialysis': An investigative report Part 3
- NBC Nightly News Reports - 'Diagnosing dialysis': An investigative report Part 2
- NBC Nightly News Reports - 'Diagnosing dialysis': An investigative report
- 2010
- December
- Another Triple Drug Pill for HTN Gains FDA Nod
- Vegetarian Diet Beneficial in Advanced CKD
- Online blogging during conferences
- Dialysis Patient Citizens
- Preoperative Proteinuria Predicts Adverse Renal Outcomes after CABG
- Advancing Interest in Nephrology
- Transplants for HIV Positive Patients
- Incompatible Donors
- Kidney Donor Lifespan and the Perception of Danger
- Wormwood for Poorly Responsive IgA Nephropathy
- Kidney School Gets Well Deserved Honor
- November
- NEJM: The FHN Trial Group
- SHARP Trial Results 2010
- Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP) Study
- Could Pomegranate Juice Help or Hurt Dialysis Patients?
- Renal Sympathetic Nerve Ablation for Resistant Hypertension
- RPA- Public Policy in a Minute NOVEMBER
- Diabetes Drug as Cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease?
- GUEST POST: Osteoporosis in Early CKD
- Does Early Initiation of Dialysis Lead to Increased Mortality?
- AMA Releases Social Media Guidelines for Physicians
- October
- The Kidney Kid Rap
- MedPage: Soda Ups Diabetes Risk With or Without Weight Gain
- Got Green Urine?
- RPA- Public Policy in a Minute OCTOBER
- How to Adjust Coumadin Dosing in CKD
- Increased Ultrafiltration Rates Linked to Increased Mortality HEMO Study
- MedPage: Targeted Drug No Safer in Autoimmune Vasculitis
- Professional Poker Player Jennifer Harman Advocates for National Kidney Foundation
- Watermelon as an Anti-Hypertensive?
- Novel Adenosine Antagonist Rolofylline Fail
- Is Raloxifene Renoprotective?
- CDC Awards $1.9M For Sodium Reduction Initiatives
- Chronic Kidney Disease Might Affect Hearing
- BMJ: Low GFR Leads to Increased Risk of Stroke
- September
- Keryx Initiates Long-Term Study of Zerenex for Hyperphosphatemia in ESRD Patients
- 2010 USRDS Annual Data Report Released
- Amgen Voluntarily Recalls Epogen and Procrit Due to Glass Flakes
- Magnesium May Decrease Risk of Developing Diabetes
- The Kidney Diet: How to Eat in Order to Protect Your Kidneys and Avoid Dialysis
- DASH Diet May Reduce Stone Risk
- RPA- Public Policy in a Minute SEPT
- New Warnings Required for Gadolinium-Based MRI Contrast Agents
- 'Healthful' Plant-Based Antioxidant May Aggravate Kidney Cancer
- CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) Bests the MDRD Study Equation
- New NephSAP released: Disorders of Divalent Ions, Renal Bone Disease and Nephrolithiasis
- NEJM: Resident e-Bulletin - Kidney Stones
- NEJM / MedPage: Tight BP Control Fails in CKD
- August
- Another Me Too Combo Hits the Market
- NEJM: Sirolimus and Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Renin as a Guide for BP Medication Choice
- Binge Drinking and Hypertension a Risky Combo
- Obesity Related CKD and the Benefit of Weight Loss
- DSEN's Bill Peckham Speaks About the Appropriate Length of a Dialysis Treatment
- Link Between CKD and Atrial Fibrillation Strengthens
- MedPage: Little Difference Long Term in BP Drugs
- Gout Prevention Drug for CKD?
- Fresenius Medical Care's Kidney School
- Spironolactone Therapy for Carotid Stenosis in Nondiabetic Hemodialysis Patients?
- Webinar: Unbundling the Bundle
- Online Blood Pressure Chart
- NKF Coffee House Conversations
- July
- Social Media Helps Man Find Kidney Transplant
- CMS Releases Carrot - Stick Approach to ESRD Payment Reform
- New "Me Too" Polypill for Hypertension Approved by FDA
- Final Payment Rule for Dialysis Released by CMS
- Summertime Stone Video
- Iced Tea and Kidney Stone Disease
- Generic Catapres-TTS Patches Now Available!
- RPA- Public Policy in a Minute JULY
- Link Between Heart Rate and CKD
- Can neck measure indicate body fat better than BMI?
- Should the trading of human organs be allowed?
- MedPage: More BP Control = Less Benefit?
- NKF Coffee House Conversations
- June
- Early vs Late HD Initiation: Video Commentary
- Does Early Initiation of Dialysis Help? (table from NEJM)
- Does Early Initiation of Dialysis Help?
- Digoxin Increases Risk of Death in Dialysis
- Google Now Featuring Drug Info Searching Tool
- Survey on Innovative Teaching Tools in Nephrology
- Novel ARB Mixes Best with Chlorthalidone
- ARBs and Cancer?
- Allopurinol Slows Progression of CKD
- Manute Bol Dies of Kidney Failure
- RPA- Public Policy in a Minute JUNE
- Newest Dialysis Unit Queens-Long Island Area
- Social Media in Nephrology: Hype or Help?
- NEJM: Diet Therapy in Hypertension
- Post Dialysis Fall Led to the Death of Gary Coleman
- MedPage: Survival Benefit for Candesartan
- May
- Nephrology Crossword
- Life After Nephrology Fellowship.. What is next?
- 1963 Video on First Home Hemodialysis Patient
- Redsense Approved for Home Hemodialysis in the US
- Pilot Study Shows Sirolimus Effective in Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Is Generic Sensipar on the Way?
- RPA Public Policy in a Minute May
- GUEST POST: Best Online Colleges with Programs Specializing in Kidney Disease and Heart Disease
- AngioDynamics Launches New Self-Centering Hemodialysis Catheter
- Study Links an Increased Risk of CKD to the Spouses of Dialysis Patients
- Left Ventricular Mass Linked to CKD
- Probiotics Reduce Immunosuppression-Related Diarrhea in Kidney Transplant Patients
- DaVita's New Phosphorous Challenge
- New NephSAP released
- April
- Vitamin B Therapy and Diabetic Nephropathy
- RPA Public Policy in a Minute April
- Is Niacin a Useful Phosphorous Binder?
- Dietary Phosphorus Intake and Phosphorus to Protein Ratio with Mortality in HD Patients
- How Often Should We Be Monitoring iPTH in Dialysis Patients?
- New Campaign Asks New Yorkers if They?re ?Pouring On the Pounds?
- Urinary Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer
- MedPage Today: Close Lipid and BP Control Fail in Diabetes
- New UroCit K Extended Release Formulation
- Renal Cell CA in ESRD
- New Drug For HD Catheter Clotting
- NEJM: Phosphorous Binders in Kidney Failure
- Difficulty With Hyperphosphatemia? Consider Nocturnal HD
- Here Comes the First Generic ARB...
- March
- Eating Chocolate Daily Can Lower CV risk by 39%
- Happy Doctor's Day
- Nephrolithotomy Beats Lithotripsy for Asymptomatic Kidney Stones
- World Kidney Day: ASN
- Nobel Prize Winning Inventor of Beta-Blockers Dies
- Kidney Walk 2010 Long Island
- National Kidney Foundation
- Statins and CKD... Is There Be a Benefit?
- RPA's Statement on ESA Use in CKD
- Does Kayexalate Really Work?
- New Improved Hemodialysis Catheter
- Happy World Kidney Day
- Dallas Cowboy TE Supporting World Kidney Day
- Are We Overly Concerned About NSF in CKD Patients?
- New NephSAP released: Hypertension
- ARB Use in Children for Proteinuria
- Urinary Netrin: New Marker for AKI?
- Can Pycnogenol Counteract Kidney Damage and Improve Hypertension?
- Kidney Foundation of Canada
- The American Kidney Fund Video
- athenahealth and Falcon Launch Integrated Web-Based EHR and Practice Management for Nephrology
- February
- NKF Launches Your Treatment, Your Choice
- Sorafenib Shrinks Renal Cancer Tumors
- ACE-i + Thiazide Vs. ACE-i + CCB
- Will Crit-Line Catch On?
- Can Low Sodium Intake Lead to an Increased Mortality?
- Nathan Hellman Rest In Peace
- NEJM Study on AVG Stent Follow Up Commentary from MedPage
- NEJM: Stent Graft versus Balloon Angioplasty for Failing Dialysis-Access Grafts
- Low Carbohydrate Diet Lowers Blood Pressure
- Just How Safe is Feraheme?
- KDOQI To Update Diabetes Guideline
- Hypokalemia in Setting of CKD and CHF May Be More Dangerous Than Anticipated
- CBS's Undercover Boss Premieres with Dialysis Subplot
- Uric Acid, Fructose and Hypertension
- Fistula First Resource
- North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il on Dialysis
- AJKD and the Proposed Rule for Prospective ESRD Payment
- Dangers of Herbal Meds
- January
- Doctor Disciplined For Removing Wrong Kidney
- Increasing Body Mass Index and Kidney Stone Disease
- Is Once Daily Renvela Powder Enough?
- World Kidney Day, March 11, 2010
- Nephrologists Using Social Media Article: Nephrology Times
- ASN's New Logo
- Hit Movie Avatar May Be Hazardous To Your Health
- RPA Public Policy in a Minute January
- Bystolic, Shot Down by FDA for Heart Failure Indication
- ARBs Linked to Lower Dementia Risk
- Increased Risk of Colonic Perforation During Colonoscopy in Hemodialysis Patients
- NKF's "Make a Difference"
- Stage IV CKD in New England Journal of Medicine
- Amgen?s, J&J?s Anemia Drugs Face FDA Advisory Review
- The Top 10 Nephrology Stories of 2009
- December
- 2009
- December
- Risk of ESRD from Diabetes Continues to Decline
- The Top 10 Leading Causes of Death 2006-2007
- Daytime Napping and Diabetes
- Still Holding Your Breath for Roche's Mircera?
- CEO's Corner: Why Health Care Reform Makes Dialysis Firm DaVita 'Nervous'
- Exercise Hypertension: Good or Bad?
- Subtle New Public Health Video
- Prognostic Significance of Nocturnal Dip with ABPM Questioned
- Transplant Found on Facebook
- 30 Rock's Grizz Chapman Opts for Dialysis over Transplant
- RPA Public Policy in a Minute
- UKidney.com
- Higher Hemoglobin Benefit with ESA?
- Clevidipine Recalled
- Animal Transplants Coming Soon...
- Carotid Endarterectomy Beneficial in Chronic Kidney Disease
- FDA Approves Extended Release Clonidine
- Anabolic Steroid Use and Renal Failure
- An Unacceptable Amount of Dialysis Patients Receiving Wrong Antithrombotics for PCI
- Coffee Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk
- Transplanting Kidneys with Renal Masses?
- FDA Recommends Everolimus in Kidney Transplant
- D-Dimer Utility Diminished in CKD
- Proscar Linked to Breast Cancer in Men
- Link Between Stress and Hypertension Strengthened
- Medicare Fraud By DaVita and Fresenius?
- November
- Fractional Excretion of Uric Acid?
- This Just In... Salt Still Stinks
- Does a Low Protein Diet Help Halt CKD Progression?
- Genzyme Scraps Plans for More Potent Phosphorous Binder
- Medpage: More on Renal Artery Stenosis (ASTRAL Trial)
- NEJM: Revascularization vs. Medical Therapy for RAS
- Another Blow to ESA Advocates
- New NephSAP Download Available
- FDA Warns About Byetta Induced Renal Failure
- High Fructose Linked to Hypertension
- Low Vitamin D and CKD link?
- October
- Lasix Linked to Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
- Hurray For the Young Nephrologists
- Bodybuilding with Anabolic Steroids Causes Kidney Disease
- Urea Kinetics Website Launch
- Petition For Every Other Day Dialysis
- Decline in Functional Status Seen in Nursing Home Patients After Dialysis
- New Intravenous Thiazide, Coming to a Hospital Near You
- AAKP Expresses Patient Concerns at CMS Town Hall Meeting
- American Kidney Fund Testifies at CMS Town Hall Meeting
- NKF Kidney Walk
- Intensity of CRRT in the ICU, Does it Matter?
- Assault By Salt
- Thoracic Kidney
- More Fish = More Diabetes?
- Alcohol and Albuminuria?
- Is Coronary Angiogram Pre-Renal Transplant Safe?
- Community Lecture
- Kidney Public Policy Forum
- Pain Management in CKD
- Exercise Improves Life Expectancy in CKD Patients
- Fosrenol Beats Renagel
- Are You Getting your Flu Vaccines?
- Rethinking the Chronic Kidney Disease Staging System
- September
- CKD - Dementia Link
- Renal Denervation for Refractory Hypertension
- The Government Can
- New Strategy for Renoprotection During Coronary Bypass?
- New KDIGO Mineral and Bone Disease Guidelines
- Disappointing Data from USRS
- New Phosphorous Binder in Pipeline
- Omega 3 FA May Improve Hypertension in CKD
- New Pre-transplant Benefit of Dopamine?
- An Easy Cut to US Health Care Spending?
- ASN's Kidney News Podcast
- Can We Cut Down on the Bed Rest After a Renal Biopsy?
- FDA Approves New Combination Hypertension Pill
- Self Diagnosis for Kidney Disease?
- Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis in Hospital
- Road Noise and Hypertension Link
- AAKP Hosting Educational Kidney Program in Brooklyn
- Acumen Gets PQRI Nod from CMS
- Spire Sells Catheter Business for 15M
- Was Amgen's New Anemia Study a Trick or TREAT?
- 1 in 5 Patients with CKD Suffers from Depression
- Iraqis Selling Kidneys for Cash : WSJ
- H1N1 Rap
- FDA Approves Powder Form of Renvela
- Fatal Accident at Dialysis Center
- August
- Cabbie Offers Up Kidney to Passenger
- Vitamin C Supplement May Lead to Decreased EPO Dose
- Pot for Prostate CA?
- New Foley Tray to Decrease Risk for UTI
- Link Between Diastolic BP and Cognitive Impairment?
- Is an 'Off-Pump' CABG Best to Prevent AKI?
- WAKa-WAKa: Update on the Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK)
- Back of the Napkin: Healthcare Debate
- Transplants From Toddlers?
- Wearable Kidney, Goodbye Dialysis?
- Did Mozart Die From Kidney Failure?
- Can a Common Blood Pressure Drug Help in Multiple Sclerosis?
- Combo regimen best for HTN and BPH?
- Blood Pressure, How Low Should We Go?
- DASH diet for Kidney Stone Prevention?
- An Aspirin a Day... Keeps HTN Away?
- Generic Prograf
- Hypertension and Labor Induction
- Kidney Function: A Few Important Things You Should Know
- Dialyzor Bikes Across Country to Raise Awareness of CKD
- Fresenius Treatment Options Program (TOPs)
- Low Birth Weight = High CKD Risk
- July
- North Korea's Leader is on Dialysis
- New NephSAP download available
- Fresh Meat Harmful to Dialysis Patients?
- Can Baking Soda Slow the Progression of CKD?
- ChefMD Foods That Can Help Lower Blood Pressure
- Patient Saftey Day
- It's a BOY!!!!
- Can ACE inhibitors Slow Cognitive Decline?
- What Are the Safe Pain Medications for Patients with CKD?
- Record Kidney Transplantaion Chain Video
- Does the Timing of HD after Heart Attack Matter?
- Unsolicited Renal Consults Improve CKD Outcomes
- New Alternative Energy.... Urine?
- Is Eight Enough?
- Can Veggies Really Lower Your Blood Pressure?
- Weekly Diabetes Drug?
- Seymour Jones and the Temple of Chronic Kidney Disease
- Pass a Kidney Stone
- Podcast on Genetic Link between CKD and African Americans
- Our Fine Future Physicians Studying Hard
- Dialyzor Reaches 100th Birthday
- Early Blockade of RAS DOES NOT Delay Diabetic Nephropathy in Type I DM
- Renal Cell Carcinoma Lesions More Likely to be Central in Location
- June
- FDA Approves AMAG's Iron Drug, Feraheme
- Chinese Tainted Milk Suspected of Causing Kidney Stones
- Is DaVita Getting Too Big?
- Cab Driver Boots 81 yo Dialysis Patient out of Cab
- Does the Goby Fist Hold the Key to Hypertension?
- Does CKD Increase the risk of Death from Pneumonia?
- DaVita Opens Outpatient Center #1,500
- Long Term Adverse Effects of Contrast Induced Nephropathy
- Guest Post By Nutrition Expert RACHEL BERMAN, RD
- Bear Spotted Near Dialysis Center
- Baxter to Expand CRRT Business
- CT Scan? We Don't Need a Stinkin' CT Scan
- Hypertension: Role of vegetables and fruits in Mediterranean diets
- Save a Kidney, Drink a Dasani Video
- NFL Rookie needs to Retire Due to Kidney Disease
- Nearly Half of Older Patients on Dialysis Will Die Waiting for a Tranplant
- Interview with LITE FM 106.7 on CKD / Stone Disease
- Is HCTZ a "paltry" Antihypertensive with No Effect on Outcomes?
- Death Blow to Renal Stenting?
- 10 Ways to Protect Your Kidneys
- Nephron's Paradise
- Alonzo Mourning Helps With New FLA Dialysis Legislation
- Sniffing out CKD??
- Genetic Link to CKD in African Americans?
- Gene Simmons Passes Kidney Stone and Sells it on eBAY for 15K
- Link Between Sleep and Hypertension?
- Should We Avoid Renal Biopsies on Elderly Patients?
- How does Depression and QoL compare: CKD vs. ESRD?
- Don't be a Wimp: Early Coronary Angiography Beneficial for Patients with CKD
- New NephSAP download available
- Is There a Link Between Sudden Cardiac Death in Dialysis Patients and Diabetic Control?
- Is Aspirin OK for use in Hypertensive patients with CKD?
- May
- Kidney Stone and Heart Disease Link?
- KIDNEY WALK 2009: Long Island
- American Kidney Fund's Podcast
- Tolvaptan Tablets for Hyponatremia are now FDA Approved
- Link Between Obesity and Residual Renal Function After Start of Dialysis
- The Fairer Sex, With Benefits
- What is the Best Method to Avoid Hypotension at Dialysis?
- NSN Newsletter: LONG ISLAND KIDNEY WALK 2009
- Sodium Bicarbonate Looking Good for CIN prevention
- Nocturnal Dialysis
- Dipyridamole and ASA for AV Graft Patency?
- An Unforgettable Transplant
- Have a Coke... and some Hypokalemia?
- 30 ROCK - Give a Kidney Song
- EuReGene: The European Renal Genome Project
- Are all ARBs Similar? Is it Just a Class-Effect?
- Is Hypertension Caused by a Common Virus?
- Kidney Stone Article for Long Island Press
- Birth Weight Link to Blood Pressure Grows Throughout Life
- ASH: Almost Any Choice Good for Initial Antihypertensive, Except ARBs?
- ASH: Lower BP Is Not Always Best (AKA Return of the J-Curve)
- Which Group of Chronic Disease Patients Takes the Most Pills?
- A New Equation to Estimate GFR... Better than MDRD?
- Fresenius Medical Care Launches National Retail Pharmacy for Dialysis Patients
- This Just in, Napoleon is Still Dead. But, Did He Die of Kidney Failure?
- Do Primary Care Doctors Do Just as Well in Treating Hypertension?
- Is there a link between elevated Uric Acid and Mortality in CKD patients?
- Does race effect bacteremia rates in dialysis patients?
- Does CKD increase the risk of Lung and other Cancers?
- FDA Approves a Polypill... but wait, not that one
- Urine Screening to Detect Coronary Artery Disease?
- Hydroxycut is CUT by the FDA
- April
- Woman Fakes Kidney Disease To Raise Money... BUSTED!
- Kidney Stones: Brief Review
- Diet soda may reduce risk of recurrent kidney stones
- Chalk up ANOTHER possible benefit of Statins...
- Pomegranate Juice to help Prostate CA?
- Can Diet Sodas Help PREVENT Kidney Stones??
- Autologous Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts?
- Could Blue be the new black? Blueberry Bonanza
- Potential for Racial Discrimination in Dialysis Units Looms
- Renal Dietitian, Linda McCann, Receives 2009 Champion of Hope Award
- RightStart Program by Fresenius Improves Mortality
- New Resource to Help Patients with Hypertension
- How to Die While Urinating
- Does Psoriasis Increase the Risk of DM and HTN?
- Health Care Reform Video
- Family Guy Prostate Exam
- ENZYME: Video
- Astonishing news about recurrent kidney stones
- Is Hibiscus Tea-rific for Hypertension?
- Congratulations Dr. Lynda Szczech, President Elect of the NKF
- Abdominal Obesity and Mortality in ESRD
- NEJM: Do ARBs decrease the incidence of AFIB?
- Grapes and Hypertension?
- Kidney Transplant Recipient American Idol Contestent ousted
- New audio NephSAP available
- New Generation Ambulatory BP monitoring
- Soapa-cabana
- CAPD vs. CCPD... Survival Similar
- Renal Nerve Ablation for Refractory HTN, Video
- Updated Website: Renal & Urology News
- Energy Drinks and Hypertension Do Not Mix
- More evidence to support Sodium Bicarbonate for CIN prophylaxis?
- Avoid Low-Dose Gentamycin for Staph Aureus Bacteremia
- ESRD vs. CKD5
- Monday Morning Stock Picking
- Viamtin D the Super-duper-must-have-supplement
- Pre-Passover Positive Pig Study
- Lack of Sleep Increases Risk of Hypertension
- Female Sexual Dysfunction Among Dialysis Patients
- DaVita Dialysis Nurse Charged with Murder
- Need a Kidney? Can You Get on to Larry King Live?
- March
- The Amazing Polypill... getting closer to reality?
- Are you showing your ASN pride?
- Renal Nerve Ablation for Refractory HTN?
- Frankie Says Relax....in
- Proteinuria does not predict complications in Preeclampsia
- Antimicrobial PD catheter?
- Study suggest 2/3 Americans should be on a Low Salt Diet
- Cool new Pulse Ox machine with benefits...
- Fleet's still taking it in the.....
- Age is no barrier to AVF for Dialysis
- Star Fruit and advanced CKD do not mix
- UPDATE: Blog news
- Yellow garden peas to help fight Hypertension and CKD?
- RPA Benchmarking Study 2007 presented March 2009
- RPA's new ToolKit Presentation.. coming 2010
- Who needs a CVP?
- Flomax for stone disease? Study does not go with the FLO..
- Shires files lawsuit to protect Fosrenol, Part 2
- RPA Conference 2009
- RSN inks 10 point plan to President Obama
- ASN PRESS RELEASE: Factors Associated with Proteinuria in Children
- Disappointment for Crestor in Dialysis Patients (AURORA STUDY)
- American Kidney Fund's new Podcast series
- Shire files lawsuit to protect Fosrenol
- Periodontal disease and death in dialysis patients?
- Are lower levels of serum creatinine linked to Diabetes risk?
- More From World Kidney Day 2009
- The Amazing Kidnerellis! - World Kidney Day
- Free Kidney Care Cookbook
- Does Folic Acid supplementation increase Prostate CA risk?
- Vitamin C helpful for Gout?
- NxStage 'happy' with their FREEDOM Study showing decreased depression
- Is Rituxan right for Membranous Nephropathy?
- The ADVANCE Study
- HAPPY WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2009!
- Economics vs. Ethics?
- Should all Stage 3 CKD pts see a Nephrologist? What about "Stage 3b"?
- Review of Skin Disorders in CKD published
- Cryoablation for Renal Cell CA?
- New NephSAP finally arrives
- AKI after a CVA is a very bad combo
- Another wonderfull (albeit self-serving) study in cJASN
- Is add-on Aldactone therapy worthwhile in CKD?
- Just days after DaVita honored... CDC reveals details on HepC outbreak in NYC DaVita dialysis unit
- How bad are Nephrologists in interpreting urinary sediment?
- The Voices of Kidney Disease
- ATRIA STUDY: How does proteinuria and GFR impact thromboembolic disease in AFIB?
- HTN linked to increased Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors
- FORTUNE Magazine Ranks DaVita among World's Most Admired Companies 2009
- Can Alkaline Phosphatase Therapy Improve Renal Function in Septic Shock?
- World Kidney Day is coming! March 12, 2009
- Switch from Renagel to Renvela is coming...
- GU related highlights from ASCO
- RPA unveils 6th edition of The Renal Physicians Guide to Nephrology Practice
- RESPeRATE to be sold OTC at Rite Aide
- The EGG: High Cholesterol.... BUT, improves hypertension?
- February
- NUTMEG KIDNEY?
- Does dietary phosphorous intake really matter?
- Amazing news... Albuminuria is not a good thing
- Can Probucol prevent Contrast Induced Nephropathy?
- New Dipstick to monitor sodium intake
- BP lowering benefical in dialysis patients
- Novel Risk Factors for ESRD?
- Gimme back my kidney! Part III
- Vascular Access Controversies
- Gene Mutation Linked to HTN risk
- Zonegran can cause Metabolic Acidosis
- Is there a Survival Advantage with High-Flux Dialyzers?
- When can we safely stop checking PSA's?
- Make sure you use low doses of rat poisoning...
- NKF's Coffee House Conversations
- Ex-Washington D.C. Mayor, Marion Barry to get Renal Transplant
- Oldest Living Dialysis Patient Celebrates Birthday
- Interdialytic Weight Gain and Mortality
- Johns Hopkins Leads first 12-patient, "Domino Donor" kidney transplant
- Phosphorous binding gum, Part 2
- Does Nocturnal Dialysis Improve QoL?
- Are very low protein diets really beneficial in CKD?
- Are routine ECGs on diabetic HD patients necessary?
- New drug AVOSENTAN may retard Diabetic Kidney Disease
- Chicken or Egg? Hypertension and Kidney Disease
- New ACEi / ARB combo study coming....
- Happy Valentine's Day
- Chewing gum to combat Hyperphosphatemia?
- Perception of Indications for Nephrology Referral among Internal Medicine Residents: A National Online Survey
- Health Blog Obit: Willem Kolff, Inventor of Dialysis Machine
- How high should we be pushing ARB doses?
- Have a Coke and... some proteinuria
- Marijuana Use Linked to Testicular CA
- New RPA Nephrology Practice Management Bulletin
- ASN KIDNEY NEWS
- Underutilization of Home Dialysis
- N G A L: Hype vs. Great New Tool?
- QxMD Nephrology.. for the Blackberry
- Poorer outcomes in CKD with high pulse pressures
- Life Summarized in 4 fluids
- High Altitude May Prolong Life for Dialysis Patients
- Unorthodox Donor Nephrectomy
- ICD-10 postponed
- Interdialytic Weight Gain
- January
- Is Sodium Bicarbonate Useful in preventing contrast induced nephropathy?
- Is eGFR worth it?
- Women May Battle Salt Sensitivity Better Than Men
- Shopping for a kidney on Craigslist
- Gadolinium and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
- Potassium Review... and a highly recommended Blog
- Potassium and Hypertension
- Long Term Consequences of Kidney Donation
- Loop diuretics and Fracture Risk
- Excellent Lecture on Electrolytes
- What is "RESISTANT HYPERTENSION"?
- Alonzo Mourning on CKD and inspiration
- ESA (Procrit / Aranesp) and Quality of Life Study
- Gimme back my kidney! II
- Salmonella oubreak
- Gimme back my kidney!
- Slashing Carbs Really Works for Diabetes
- December
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| Warren Buffett?s Berkshire Hathaway Adds DaVita to Portfolio |
A total of 2,684,500 shares of DaVita were purchased in the fourth quarter of 2011, and was worth approximately $203 million ($203,512,000) as of 12/31/2011.
- BY Dr. Simon E. Prince, FACP, FASN | 02.16.2012
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