Jill Rollet

Philadelphia

Executive Editor at Healio

Health care journalist, magazine editor, creative nonfiction fan. Tweets are my own.

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Nephrologists should be involved in gout management with CKD

1 week ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet |Rob Volansky

Traditionally within the purview of rheumatology, gout can appropriately be managed by nephrologists for patients with chronic kidney disease, according to experts who spoke with Healio | Nephrology News & Issues.
Q&A: Surgeon predicts kidney xenotransplantation will be ‘widely available’ in next decade

4 weeks ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet |Jayme E. Locke

Jayme Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST, always thought big. As a child she expressed interest in becoming a pediatrician or maybe a circus ringmaster. In November, Locke was part of the surgical team that performed one of the first xenotransplantations of a genetically altered pig kidney into a living human recipient, at NYU Langone Health, where she is an adjunct professor of surgery.
First-line sparsentan use associated with proteinuria reduction in IgA nephropathy

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet

Key takeaways: At some point during the first 24 weeks, 58% of participants had complete remission of proteinuria. Mean urine protein creatinine ratio declined by 61.9% at week 4 and by 68.9% at week 24. BOSTON — Adults recently diagnosed with immunoglobulin A nephropathy who were assigned sparsentan as first-line therapy experienced rapid and sustained reductions in proteinuria, according to researchers.
Pre-visit handout raised post-visit CKD knowledge regardless of health literacy

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet

Key takeaways: Patients with CKD who received an education handout before a nephrology visit had a 19 percentage point increase in knowledge post-visit. Results were similar for patients with inadequate health literacy. Adults with chronic kidney disease who received a short handout about CKD before seeing a nephrologist showed increased knowledge of the disease after the visit compared with patients who did not receive the educational material.
Q&A: ‘Always learning’ nephrologist embraces internet as education platform

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet

With more than 15,000 followers and 18,000 posts on X and a podcast called “Channel Your Enthusiasm” reviewing a classic text about acid-base and electrolyte disorders, Roger Rodby, MD, has embraced internet education. Rodby serves as a community leader for the American Society of Nephrology online open community and is a member of the social media advisory group for the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
‘Micro-communication’ behaviors can earn patient trust

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet

Key takeaways: Greater distrust in the health care system was associated with lower likelihood of kidney transplant wait-listing for some patient groups. Individual physicians can help earn patient trust. Patients with kidney disease may have their own reasons for not putting their faith in the health care system, but physicians can help earn their trust with small behaviors, according to an expert.
Solo home hemodialysis can be safe for patients and clinicians

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet |Richard Smith

Among the top three barriers to home dialysis, cited independently by both patients and clinicians, is the need for home-based support, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease in 2024. The most recent USRDS Annual Data Report shows 14.5% of U.S. patients with end-stage kidney disease use home dialysis.
Facilitators and barriers to pediatric living kidney donation unique for each family

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet

Key takeaways: Of Philadelphia families who preferred a language other than English, 24% chose living kidney donation for their child. These families face distinct barriers and facilitators to living kidney donation. BOSTON — About 24% of families who preferred a language other than English received a kidney from a living donor for their child compared with 49% of families who spoke English, according to study data from a single center in Philadelphia.
Presence of gout linked to lower likelihood of kidney transplant wait-listing

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet

Key takeaways: At 3 years, patients on hemodialysis who developed gout had a 6% lower likelihood of being wait-listed for a kidney transplant. Patients with gout had a 43% higher likelihood of death. BOSTON — Among patients on hemodialysis, those who developed gout were 6% less likely to be wait-listed for a kidney transplant than those without gout, according to data presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.
Patients report size, number of phosphate binder pills as barriers to use

1 month ago | healio.com | Jill Rollet |Richard Smith |Shalabh Gupta

Key takeaways:Of survey respondents, 47% said large number and large size of pills were among top phosphate binder adherence barriers. An investigational agent is smaller, swallowed whole and dosed with fewer pills. BOSTON — Patients on kidney dialysis reported better adherence to an investigational phosphate-binding agent designed to be smaller, swallowed whole and dosed with fewer pills than available oral therapies, according to survey data.