Surprises from the 1994 Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study

Low-protein disappoints; attention drawn to proteinuria and blood pressure The MDRD study was a landmark trial set up to prove the importanc...

Hepatitis outbreaks run through renal units: 1964-72

Staff as well as patients die, and new patients are turned down in affected centres From about 1964 there was increasing excitement that dia...