Over my practice lifetime, a subtle but persistent change has occurred in the profile of
diseases that afflict patients. We no longer are faced with saving patients from acute …

While there have been significant inroads in the prevention and treatment of diabetic
nephropathy over the last 20 years, it only takes one afternoon in a busy nephrology clinic to …

Diabetic kidney disease is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and is the
leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in the United States. A natural history …

Renal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes, and
the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States. Population …

Diabetic nephropathy is now the most common cause of ESRD in the US, and no other
complication of diabetes is associated with more deaths. In addition to its impact on …

Many clinical outcomes have improved over the past two decades for people living with
diabetes. 1 However, relatively little progress has been made in the treatment of diabetic …

It is an irony of medical progress that the renal involvement in diabetes mellitus type 2 had
been considered twenty years ago (1) as a benign condition for the kidney without causing …

Robert C. Stanton, MD Diabetes mellitus continues to increase at epidemic rates worldwide.
The 2012 statistics from the World Health Organization state that an estimated 347 million …

Diabetes has become a global pandemic that rivals almost any other that has come before it.
In the year 2015, 415 million people in the world were living with diabetes, and by the year …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in the US and associated with substantial
morbidity, mortality and health care costs. Diabetes, a growing epidemic in the US, is …