Adults who undergo transgender surgery are at significantly higher risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use disorders than adults who do not undergo transgender surgery.

In an acute palliative care setting, intensive and comprehensive opioid management was effective for pain control without increasing doses among patients with advanced cancer. Individualized ...

Order expected to affect specific medications covered under Medicare that are administered in a health care setting.

Treating lupus nephritis to achieve sustained remission for at least 3 years likely protects kidney function. In patients with active lupus nephritis, at least 3 years of sustained clinical ...

Patients with diabetic macular edema treated with intravitreal aflibercept have a significantly higher risk of adverse renal events compared with those treated with ranibizumab.

Investigators assessed the frequency of lupus flares in patients with kidney failure undergoing dialysis or with a kidney transplant.

Reductions in alcohol intake noted in high and low consumers; no significant difference seen in percentage reductions for men and women. (HealthDay News) — Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor ...

SGLT-2 inhibitor use vs DPP-4 inhibitor use was associated with lower incidence of epilepsy among patients with type 2 diabetes.

SGLT2 inhibitors may enable continuation of RAAS inhibitors for hypertension treatment, which is linked with better kidney and cardiovascular outcomes.

Iron therapy may reduce the risk of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular death in patients with CKD, according to a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Iron therapy for chronic kidney ...

Lupus nephritis frequently recurs in the transplanted kidney, sometimes without clinical signs. Lupus nephritis frequently recurs after kidney transplantation, and it may be clinically quiescent ...