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Alpha-Blockers No Help for Small Kidney Stones
Reuters Health Information, December 20, 2010
Hysterectomy Raises Risk for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2010
Proteinuria Predicts Complication From CABG
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2010

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Major Milestones in Diabetes: 2010
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 17, 2010
Top Read 2010 Nephrology Stories
Medscape Nephrology, December 17, 2010

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George Sledge, MD: How to Channel Your Inner McGuire Dr. George Sledge, recipient of the William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture, discusses with Dr. Kathy Miller the lessons learned from Bill McGuire about translational research.
December 2010
Why Do Patients "Disrespect" Doctors? When physicians make patients feel like it's "business first, patient care second," they may lose their patients' respect, says Dr. Gerald Chodak.
Chodak on Urology, December 2010
EHRs Create Startling New Moral Quandaries As more physicians use EHRs, more ethical issues arise, including patient privacy issues. Also, is it unethical not to use computer technology?
December 2010
Can Elevated Levels of Interleukin-6 Predict Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease? Dr. Ron Shapiro reviews a study in which elevated levels of IL-6 combined with high viral loads proved useful in the monitoring for PTLD and could help improve early detection of the disorder.
Shapiro on Transplantation, December 2010
The Crisis in CKD Facing Both Nephrologists and PCPs: Renal Week Round-Up Jeffrey Berns, MD, talks to Lynda Szczech, MD, the new president of the National Kidney Foundation about lessons learned at Renal Week 2010 and the challenges facing nephrologists.
Berns on Nephrology, December 2010
Watch Out! New Problems Coming Your Way In the next 5 years, new ethical dilemmas will confront doctors. Dr. Arthur Caplan describes these upcoming issues.
December 2010
Managing Hypertension in the Dialysis Patient -- Complicated and Important George Bakris, MD, talks to Rajiv Agarwal, MD, at Renal Week 2010 about the challenges of managing hypertension in the dialysis patient.
December 2010
Managing Anemia in CKD -- New Insights on a Challenging Problem George Bakris, MD, talks to Ajay Singh, MD, about the challenges of managing anemia in chronic kidney disease, particularly in light of the TREAT trial.
December 2010
Microalbuminuria -- Do We Need to Screen Everyone? George Bakris, MD, talks to Matthew R. Weir, MD, about the role of microalbuminuria in both kidney and heart disease and what it signifies in clinical practice.
December 2010
Managing Phosphate in CKD: Take Vitamin D and Stop Eating Cheese? George Bakris, MD, and Stuart Sprague, MD, discuss the issues of managing phosphate in chronic kidney disease, including medical and dietary interventions.
December 2010
Potential Markers for Chronic Allograft Dysfunction Dr. Ron Shapiro reports on whether the expression of intratubular vimentin and CD44 in 6-month protocol biopsies is a marker for development of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy.
Shapiro on Transplantation, November 2010
Your Malpractice Advisor: Legal Risks From Your Answering Service A malpractice attorney describes the malpractice dangers that can arise from your answering service and tells doctors what they need to do to prevent them.
Your Malpractice Advisor, November 2010

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Major Milestones in Diabetes: 2010
Commentary, December 2010
George Sledge, MD: How to Channel Your Inner McGuire
Commentary, December 2010
Why Do Patients "Disrespect" Doctors?
Commentary, December 2010
EHRs Create Startling New Moral Quandaries
Commentary, December 2010

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