Dr. Jeffrey Berns advises clinicians to prescribe a statin to patients before they undergo coronary angiography, to reduce the risk for acute kidney injury from the contrast media.

Dr. David Kerr thoughtfully responds to news that religious leaders support a proposed UK law for physician-assisted suicide and ponders whether he could offer his cancer patients this option.

Are clinicians so focused on good outcomes that they overlook quality of life in some predialysis patients? Dr. Jeffrey Berns reviews a new study on the topic.

Clinicians need to better educate themselves so that they are comfortable encouraging patients to try home dialysis and peritoneal dialysis, says Dr. Jeffrey Berns.

Dr. Anne Peters talks to Dr. Guy Rutter, who has made some amazing discoveries about beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes.

Drs. Lynda Szczech and Donal O'Donoghue discuss studies that examined the impact of clinician visits at dialysis units on patient outcomes, sharing their own experiences and insights.

Who should drink how much water? Bottled or tap? Dr. Jeffrey Berns and Dr. Stanley Goldfarb discuss the evidence and what you should tell patients.

Dr. Eric Topol talks with CEO of 23andMe Anne Wojcicki about how her company is challenging the status quo in healthcare.

Dr. George Bakris interviews Dr. Rajiv Agarwal about a small study that could redeem chlorthalidone's role in controlling blood pressure in patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease.

Dr. Henry Black reviews the data linking antihypertensive drug use to fall risk in elderly patients.