Most healthy cats accepted a kidney diet in a home trial
In an in-home trial published in September 2026 in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, owners rated acceptance of a wet kidney diet as positive in 69.0% of healthy cats, and would…
Kidney disease
Newer kidney tests flagged changes in some healthy-looking older dogs
A study of 61 healthy older dogs, published Aug. 28, 2026, in Veterinary Sciences, found that 27.9% had at least one elevated newer kidney marker, mostly cystatin C, despite normal standard creatinine…
Caring for a cat with kidney disease weighed heavily on nearly half of owners
In a survey of 339 people caring for cats with chronic kidney disease, published Oct. 7, 2026, in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 46% had clinically significant caregiver burden, and…
As cats age, their urine changes more than their blood, pointing to the kidneys
Analyzing urine and blood from cats aged 3.8 to 16 years, researchers found 75 urine proteins that changed with age, many linked to kidney disease and high blood pressure, while only six…
SGLT2 inhibitors slightly raise hemoglobin, an analysis of 85 trials confirms
A meta-analysis of 85 randomized trials, published Oct. 24, 2026, in JAMA, found that SGLT2 inhibitors raised hemoglobin by 0.60 g/dL more than control, a small increase whose clinical meaning is still…
With diabetes, 8 smoke-free years were linked to fewer eye, kidney and nerve problems
A Korean study of 209 698 adults with type 2 diabetes, published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open, linked quitting smoking for 8 or more years to a lower risk of…
A shot every four weeks kept kidney function stable in IgA nephropathy for two years
In the final analysis of a phase 3 trial published Oct. 22, 2026, in the New England Journal of Medicine, sibeprenlimab kept kidney function stable over 24 months in IgA nephropathy, while…
Starting a glucose sensor was linked to slower kidney decline in people with diabetes
A matched records study published in November 2026 in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism found that adults with diabetes on insulin who started real-time continuous glucose monitoring had a slower drop in kidney…
A complement-blocking drug cut urine protein by nearly half in IgA nephropathy
In an interim analysis of a phase 3 trial published Oct. 23, 2026, in the New England Journal of Medicine, ravulizumab lowered urine protein by 46.6% at week 34 in IgA nephropathy,…
A weekly injection slowed kidney decline in IgA nephropathy over two years
In the final analysis of the ORIGIN 3 trial, published Oct. 22, 2026, in the New England Journal of Medicine, atacicept nearly stopped the yearly loss of kidney function in IgA nephropathy,…
With aging, memory problems plus frailty were tied to heart, kidney and metabolic disease
In a Chinese cohort published Oct. 30, 2026, in Ageing Research Reviews, middle-aged and older adults with cognitive frailty had a 2.74 hazard ratio for developing combined heart, kidney and metabolic disease.…