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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦

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Nephrologist = kidney doctor MD, MPH Professor, University of Ottawa/Ottawa Hospital 🇨🇦 He/Him/His #NephJC co-creator, @FreelyFiltered.bsky.social pod panelist #NephSky https://www.swapnilhiremath.com

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Sep 9

Update

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So if you liked/pinned the old feed, please do it again!

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Sep 5

If you are a nephrology or kidney disease or renal professional or interested in the field - make sure you have liked/followed/pinned the nephrology feed

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Thanks again to @richardferro.xyz for creating & updating this! It’s a one-stop shop for nephrology needs

#NephSky

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Edgar V. Lerma 🇵🇭 @edgarvlermamd.bsky.social · 19h

I just donated to the @nephjc.bsky.social Fall 🍂 Drive

Looking forward to learning more #Nephpearls

#NephSky

👉 www.nephjc.com

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 12h

And this will be used as an excuse to open more
- private imaging centres
- private surgical centres
#onpoli

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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 20h

What was peak #MedTwitter?

What was the moment of greatest optimism for the idea of social media as a major driver of medial education?

I have my answer, but I'm going to keep my powder dry while I listen for your answers (but since this is BlueSky, I wonder if this will generate much heat)

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Gurmukteshwar Singh, MD @drmootravardhak.bsky.social · 17h

Is calling “I-G-A nephropathy” “Eye-GAN” mainstream now? I am really struggling to accept that.

#askrenal

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 13h

Yeah - I heard Nav Tangri say that on a freely filtered episode once - but the kids seem to be saying that often

I am…struggling as well

#NephSky

Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 17h

Ontario hospital budget woes

ottawacitizen.com/news/ontario... from @egpayne.bsky.social

Excellent discussion, not buying the MOH line. It is chronic underfunding - and healthcare waits are about to get worse

#onpoli

Facing record debt levels, Ontario hospitals told to balance budgets and find efficiencies

Debt-laden hospitals have been told to come up with proposals to balance budgets over the next three years, the Ottawa Citizen has learned.

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 21h

ICYMI, recording now live
Excellent exposition on lower doses, anti coagulation and much more. Lot of RCTs in this space

youtu.be/xfEVlh_68vc?... by @nephcrit.bsky.social #NephGR #NephSky

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 21h

Preorder delivered!

ReRead Witch King to time with this arrival from @marthawells.com

Hard copy of Queen Demon by Martha Wells

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 23h

📆 Your first chance to register for #UKKW26 & preview the draft programme is coming on Monday 👀

Join us in spa town, Harrogate, this March for cutting-edge #KidneyCare symposia, lectures & workshops.

💡 Early bird registration = 10% savings!

#KidneyProfessionals #KidneyHealth #KidneyEducation

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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 1d

Blood Pressure Outcomes Following a Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program in a Large Integrated US Health System

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#EditorsChoice #Free

Blood Pressure Outcomes Following a Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program in a Large Integrated US Health System

AbstractBackground. Home blood pressure telemonitoring (HBPT) can empower patients to participate in their healthcare and reduce office BP. Evidence that B

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David S. Goldfarb MD @weddellite.bsky.social · 1d

Megan Prochaska introduces the Fredric L Coe Symposium in war-ravaged Chicago

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Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · 1d

#NephSky all are welcome!

Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 1d

The 2025 #NephJC at #KidneyWk details

www.nephjc.com/news/2025/10...

Thanks to @jadav.bsky.social!

The 2025 NephJC Night, in Houston — NephJC

SAVE THE DATE! On FRIDAY night, NOVEMBER 7th, NephJC will be hosting another of its legendary NephJC Nights during ASN Kidney Week

www.nephjc.com

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 1d

Interesting review on the successes of the NIDDK in CJASN @asnpublications.bsky.social

journals.lww.com/cjasn/fullte... from @conniemrhee.bsky.social Michael Allon @rajmehrotra.bsky.social

Just as NIDDK will be collapsed into the NIBS

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A congressional justification letter released last week by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, offers the most detailed insight to date into how the Trump administration’s proposed $18.1 billion reduction in NIH funding could affect the agency’s structure and operations in fiscal year (FY) 2026.

The justification letter advances the administration’s plan to eliminate or consolidate the agency’s 27 institutes and centers into eight. This would include reorganizing the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases into a new National Institute on Body Systems (NIBS). The new NIBS would see a 39.3% decrease in funding compared with FY 2025. NIH released individual budget justifications for NIBS and the other institutes.

Bhattacharya also outlined a planned $11.6 billion reduction (43.4%) in funding for research project grants in FY 2026, including a $1.95 billion reduction in funding for research project grants for NIBS. According to NIH, this would result in 8,148 fewer new grants awarded compared with FY 2025. The plan also includes a $359.3 million cut (35.4%) to researcher training programs, which would reduce the number of full-time trainee positions by an estimated 6,669 in FY 2026.

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 1d

The 2025 #NephJC at #KidneyWk details

www.nephjc.com/news/2025/10...

Thanks to @jadav.bsky.social!

The 2025 NephJC Night, in Houston — NephJC

SAVE THE DATE! On FRIDAY night, NOVEMBER 7th, NephJC will be hosting another of its legendary NephJC Nights during ASN Kidney Week

www.nephjc.com

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 2d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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Mike Johansen @mikejohansenmd.medsky.social · 1d

lol; was reading @fperrywilson.bsky.social's column. Without clicking, I said; I wonder what Gil Welch wrote this time. Hopefully, he didn't steal his ideas from a younger researcher, again.

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Is the Rise in Cancer in Young People...Fake?

A study looking at the eight fastest-rising cancers in young adults concludes that the real problem is overdiagnosis. But not everyone agrees.

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

Pharma’s shift away from infectious disease research could spell disaster for the world’s poorest people www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/p... via @statnews.com

Pharma’s shift away from infectious disease research could spell disaster for the world’s poorest people

The number of “innovation champions” in the pharma industry working on infectious diseases is dropping — and that’s troubling, writes R&D director for Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.

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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 2d

#ThrowbackThursday

Two-Day ABPM-Derived Indices and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

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Two-Day ABPM-Derived Indices and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

AbstractBACKGROUND. Blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness are known cardiovascular risk factors in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study examines the

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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 2d

The October/November double issue of Kidney News is now online! Topics covered include:
- the must-attend sessions at Kidney Week 2025
- a spotlight on this year's award recipients
- a new case for Detective Nephron

Explore the issue: kidney.pub/KN1710-01 #ASNKidneyNews @kdjhaveri.bsky.social

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 2d

happening tomorrow!

@dialysisbloke.bsky.social will be musing on vascular access for #NephGR at @uottawa.ca and @ottawahospital.on.ca

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 2d

My new @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social piece tells how DHS continues to deny that citizens have a right to videorecord its agents and raids even in the face of overwhelming court precedent that the First Amendment protects their right to do so. Nor is it just a matter of positions taken in court. /5

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 2d

Links

- www.indiatoday.in/magazine/liv...

- en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Au...

- en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_...

- montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Investigation exposes corruption in drug control in Bombay

An investigation exposes corruption in drug control in Bombay.

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 2d

Bunch of Indian scandals - by peeps using DEG instead of glycerin

- the JJ Hospital scandal of 1986 which killed ~ 14 people
- several cough syrup scandals mostly killing children sadly enough, with Indian company drugs killing kids in Africa and Indonesia

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