Dr Jeffrey Berns reflects on a recent trip to China where he learned first-hand about the challenges and opportunities faced by nephrologists and kidney patients there.

Dr Jeffrey Berns reminds clinicians to be vigilant about the medications their patients take, both prescription and over-the-counter.

Better tools are desperately needed to measure kidney function in critical care patients, says Dr Jeffrey Berns.

The LEGACY data change the thinking on atrial scarring. Lead investigator Prash Sanders explains to John Mandrola why physicians can't ignore excess weight in patients with AF.

Dr Jeffrey Berns comments on research released at a recent stroke conference that he says may have made a basic blunder.

Clinicians need to consider patients' literacy levels to make sure that they understand any follow-up care, said Dr Jeffrey Berns.

Why were results of SYMPLICITY HTN-3 at odds with previous similar studies? Dr Berns interviews Dr Ray Townsend, a trial insider, to clarify the findings.

Dr Jeffrey Berns provides take-away messages from the mound of new data released by the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).

Dr Jeffrey Berns comments on the nephrology fellowship survey, which confirms declining interest in the specialty and trouble finding jobs for new nephrologists.

Dr Jeffrey Berns reviews the latest research on cinacalcet's role in managing hemodialysis patients.