Andrew Kowalski, MD, FASN Why This Study Caught My Attention We spend a great deal of time telling patients that sleep is not just an important part of life, but that it is protective. Short sleep raises blood pressure, worsens insulin resistance, and fuels the cardiometabolic engine that drives kidney disease. So when a new study in the Journal of the Endocrine Society reported that the people with type 2 diabetes were most likely to develop or worsen diabetic kidney disease

Andrew Kowalski, MD, FASN Why This Question Matters The world of medicine and medical care is changing at a rapid pace. Recommendations and "hard rules," when I was in training, are no longer considered "standard of care." This is great in many ways, especially when it comes to offering the patient the best advice, guidance and care that we can offer. The struggle is keeping up with the newest research, findings and suggestions. At one time, "Guidelines" from major societies

Andrew Kowalski, MD, FASN I was reading through apple new this weekend and stumbled upon a interesting article. WIRED Magazine published an article by Emily Mullin: A Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Still Working After a Record-Setting 9 Months in a Patient Without a doubt it caught my eye! It also had me reflect on the progress that we (the medical/Kidney Community) have made over the last 5 years. Truly astonishing! A woman transplanted with a gene-edited porcine kidney at Mass