A pinch of salt - A podcast by ERA

Molecules and pathways come to mind, but solutions seem elusive. That’s why we’re bringing you an insightful episode from A Pinch of Salt on vascular calcification and calciphylaxis, featuring renowned specialists Smeeta Sinha. Join her as she guides you through the intricate pathways of this challenging topic in a dynamic, engaging discussion.

Disasters are an unavoidable part of life, whether caused by nature or human actions. The impact of a disaster, however, often depends on our level of preparedness—a challenge when facing events we’ve never experienced before. Join us as we talk with Serhan Tuğlular, former Chair of the ERA’s Kidney Relief in Disasters Task Force, who shares insights on how to better prepare and minimize devastati...

In this episode we explore the unique challenges of pregnancy and kidney disease with guest Matt Hall, a leading expert in maternal medicine and obstetric nephrology. Hall shares insights into the latest advancements in supporting women with CKD who wish to start a family. Don’t miss this essential conversation!

National and international renal registries have significantly diversified their activities in recent years. The ERA Registry is committed to a wide range of population-based research activities. With extensive accumulated experience and a top-class staff, it is engaged in numerous research projects, cohort studies, and other scientific initiatives. Alberto Ortiz is the Chair of the ERA Registry C...

CKD-MBD can be a most confusing field. When we start learning about it, we are usually focused on lowering PTH levels, only to find out that in many scenarios high PTH levels are the consequence of PTH resistance and that overactivity of PTH might not even be the issue. But maybe PTH is not what we should be focusing on, maybe it’s phosphate and yet, how do we lower that efficiently? Treatment wit...

People say that dinosaurs are extinct but apparently, that is not the case. You see, there are some of us who grew up and learned about nephrology in different times, times with no internet, no smartphone, no social media. A time that we might now refer to as the golden age, while others, who are younger and with far better skin, will refer to it as the age of dinosaurs. If you are one of these, l...

The more time is passing, the more we find the importance and the density of the functional interconnections between the kidney and the heart. If you treat one of them, you might potentially improve the other and the number of therapeutic agents with combined cardiorenal efficacy ever increases. We will have the honor and the pleasure of discussing cardiorenal medicine with Patrick Mark from the U...

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Wise words from Joni Mitchell that you might find in her famous song Big Yellow Taxi. People who have never had problems sleeping have absolutely no idea how difficult life becomes when you can’t sleep properly or well enough. It’s literally a nightmare, only you're awake, and it seems like it lasts forever. Unfortunately, this nightmare is incre...

Being a young doctor must be one of the toughest positions a person can find themselves in. The key to success in medicine is experience which is the one thing you cannot have as a young doctor. That is why having a mentor, or mentors is essential. However, being in contact with your peers is also important. Sharing trials and tribulations with someone your own age is not only comforting but also...

Let's start with a quiz. Which was the most research in the World on Google for 2023? Yes, of course. Artificial intelligence. A super hot topic. Things are going ready fast, and the text, the videos, the images, the books but what about the medicine? What about the nephrology? Is it coming? Is it already here? If you want to know more about it, check us out in the ERA podcast with Roser Torr...

Most of us have gone to medical universities to become doctors, and physicians, to be the people who diagnose and treat patients. At some point, however, we all realize that we’re also the ones that are supposed to do the medical research which does not come naturally to many of us. If you can relate to what has just been said, we have the right answers for you, ladies and gentlemen. Have a listen...

Every nephrologist knows about serum creatinine, eGFR, albuminuria, proteinuria. We use them to assess disease activity. But do we really assess disease activity with them? eGFR can be low and albuminuria or proteinuria can be high because of chronic and potentially irreversible changes, like glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis, changes that might not be amenable to treatment. How d...