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Nov 2025
As health companies get bigger, so do the bills. It’s unclear if Trump’s team will intervene.
A cancer patient might live in a town with four oncology groups, but only one accepts his insurance — the one owned by his insurer.
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10
Nov 2025
Texas' transitional dialysis program led to significant decline in utilization of emergency dialysis
The cost of emergency dialysis is estimated to be 8-times that of in-center dialysis. A new study reveals that a transitional dialysis program piloted in Travis County (Austin, TX) resulted in a significant decrease in emergency department visits and hospital admissions for emergency dialysis by providing a pathway for outpatient dialysis in uninsured patients.
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Nov 2025
Do dietary supplements really improve muscle health in non-athletes?
Dietary supplements can support muscle health, but their effectiveness varies. This review explores their role in physical activity and age-related muscle loss.
10
Nov 2025
Expanding the waitlisting criteria for kidney transplantation could improve patient outcomes
The current kidney transplant waitlistingcriterion is based on a single measurement of kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≤20 ml/min/1.73m2) and does not consider an individual’s risk of progressing to kidney failure.
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Nov 2025
Can your gut bacteria predict your age and lifestyle? New study says yes
Researchers used a new covariance-based method, MANOCCA, to map how environmental factors like age, sex, smoking, and BMI shape bacterial co-abundance in the healthy gut microbiome. The study revealed that key microbial interactions cluster in a few core families and that MANOCCA predicts host traits more accurately than standard models.
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Nov 2025
How modern habits are reshaping the Mediterranean diet for the worse
Nearly all children and adolescents in five Mediterranean countries consume unhealthy ultra-processed foods daily, according to the DELICIOUS Project. The study links higher intake to obesity, older age, screen time, eating out, and exposure to food advertising.
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Nov 2025
Why talking to yourself in third person can help you feel better before big moments
Researchers studying over 20,000 daily experiences found that people mostly talk to themselves in the first person, while using third-person, distanced self-talk far less often. Yet when they do, this detached inner voice offers a small but real emotional boost, especially when preparing for upcoming actions or performances.
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Nov 2025
Drinking orange juice daily may fine-tune genes tied to cardiovascular wellness
Regular orange juice consumption reprograms immune-cell gene activity linked to blood pressure, lipid metabolism, and inflammation in healthy adults. The molecular effects differ by body weight, suggesting BMI-tailored benefits from this everyday beverage.
8
Nov 2025
Using estimated risks and preferences to justify intensive BP control in CKD patients
An analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) indicates that nearly all adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) would have benefits that outweigh the harm from a systolic blood pressure target of <120 mm Hg compared with a target of <140 mm Hg. The findings will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2025 November 5– 9.
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Nov 2025
Preclinical evidence supports sotagliflozin's superior efficacy in attenuating salt-induced kidney damage
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes, have significant heart- and kidney- protective effects. In the kidney, SGLT2 reabsorbs approximately 97% offiltered glucose in the S1 and S2 segments of the proximal tubule, while SGLT1reabsorbs the remainder in the S3 segment.
