Kidney Disease Research Updates and Urologic Diseases Research Updates
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Kidney Disease Research Updates and Urologic Diseases Research Updates are produced by the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). Copies of these newsletters are available online only.
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Kidney Disease Research Updates
Kidney Disease Research Updates, an email newsletter, is sent to subscribers by the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). The newsletter features news about kidney disease, special events, patient and professional meetings, and new publications available from the NKUDIC and other organizations.
If you would like to subscribe, go to http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/newsletter.cfm. You can read or download a PDF version of the newsletter at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/about/newsletter.htm.

Executive Editor: Andrew S. Narva, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Dr. Narva is the director of the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) within the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Dr. Narva, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and board-certified in internal medicine and nephrology, served with the Indian Health Service before joining the NKDEP. He also was a member of the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board, the Renal Community Council of the U.S. Renal Data System, the Medical Review Board of End-Stage Renal Disease Network 15, and the National Kidney Foundation’s Minority Outreach Committee, which he chaired.
Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Urologic Diseases Research Updates, an email newsletter, is sent to subscribers by the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). The newsletter features news about urologic diseases, special events, patient and professional meetings, and new publications available from the NKUDIC and other organizations.
If you would like to subscribe, go to http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/newsletter.cfm. You can read or download a PDF version of the newsletter at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/about/newsletter.htm.

Executive Editor: Leroy M. Nyberg Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Nyberg is the director of urology and urology centers programs at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Nyberg is a graduate of Tufts University in Boston, Columbia University in New York, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester and completed residency training in urology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He has also held faculty positions in urology at The Johns Hopkins Medical School, in urology and biochemistry at the Medical University of South Carolina, and in urology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Nyberg received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Urological Association for significant clinical and research contributions to urology. He also received the NIH Directors Award for excellence for the development of urologic research programs at the NIH.
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NIH Publication No. 10–4531 (Kidney) and 09–5743 (Urologic)
Subject Index, Kidney Disease Research Updates
PLA2R Target of Kidney Autoimmune Attack
Lower Socioeconomic and Education Status Associated with Reduced Kidney Function and More CVD
Hypoglycemia a Serious Risk for People with CKD
Collins Takes Helm at the National Institutes of Health
The NIH Wants to Hear from You
NIDDK Recovery Grant Funds Innovative Kidney Research Project for Students
NIDDK Publications and Websites Win National Health Information Awards
NKDEP Report Summarizes Accomplishments, Future Goals
Additional Resources
Upcoming Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences
Subject Index, Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Urinary Incontinence More Common among Women with Type 1 Diabetes
Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Women Reduces Urinary Incontinence
Cannabinoid Receptors Found in Bladder Tissue
Germino Appointed NIDDK Deputy Director
NIDDK Appoints Levin as Scientific Director
Kranzfelder Appointed Director of NIDDK Office of Communications and Public Liaison
Featured in the NIDDK Reference Collection
Additional Resources
Upcoming Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences
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