Aditi Gupta

Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognition in CKD: A Physiological Paradox - PubMed Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognition in CKD: A Physiological Paradox

Dementia is common in individuals with CKD. However, mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment in CKD differ from those in aging and AD. Our perspective in JASN highlights some of these differences, especially, the differences in cerebral blood flow. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40493415/

20.06.2025 05:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why Is the American Diet So Deadly? A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.

"Calorie density, probably the feature of food that had the biggest impact on our ancestors’ survival, now seemed to be among the most responsible for making us overeat." Fascinating piece by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

09.01.2025 16:54 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

"We estimate that the sources of drinking water for up to 23 million Americans could be contaminated above regulatory thresholds by wastewater-derived PFAS [forever chemicals] alone." @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

06.01.2025 21:22 — 👍 463    🔁 176    💬 24    📌 17

After some icy roads, KC bracing itself for its 4th blizzard in KC history! Stay safe everyone. ❤️

05.01.2025 00:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Seventy really may be the new sixty for English baby boomers - Nature Aging A study examined trends in intrinsic capacity, a comprehensive measure of cognitive, locomotor, psychological and sensory capacities that was recently developed by the World Health Organization. The r...

70 may be the new 60 years of age
Older adults in England had much higher levels of levels of cognitive, physical function and vitality than prior generations at the same age
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

04.01.2025 16:15 — 👍 297    🔁 71    💬 16    📌 2

Figure: Change in life expectancy attributable to leading causes of death in 1990–2021 for the USA and among US states and Washington, DC. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.

The burden of disease in the USA has evolved over the past three decades.

A recent study examines the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the USA and highlights the disparities in health outcomes across different states: tinyurl.com/5nsdjbht @ihmeuw.bsky.social

02.01.2025 12:01 — 👍 15    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 1

Agree. Cooled dialysate may not be the solution. In fact prior studies showing lower FA with cooler dialysate are worrisome- lower FA is not exactly a ‘good’ sign. Lower FA is associated with dementia!

03.01.2025 05:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So true. We have to remind people what it was like before we had vaccines. It’s easy to forget if you haven’t witnessed this yourself.

27.12.2024 17:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Many important tasks in nephrology are not RVU generating. Dialysis is. We gave up our other revenue generating tasks to IR and ICU. The problem may not with nephrology but with running health care as a for profit/ business where nephrologists are not appropriately compensated.

21.12.2024 14:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Image of a post from Max Kennerly: A notable aspect of private health insurance is the absence of any reason for it to exist. It does not contain costs, expand coverage, or expedite care – it makes those all worse. Its sole function is to profit as a rent-seeking middleman between patients and providers.

I will post this forever...

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