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FDA has approved a new treatment for diabetic kidney disease, which affects one in three patients with type 2 diabetes.
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George Bakris, MD
Current Interview: George Bakris
Dr. George Bakris, MD, is a referral nephrologist, board-certified hypertension specialist, and professor of medicine and director of ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center at The University of Chicago. He specializes in kidney disease as it relates to diabetes and blood pressure issues. In this interview, Dr. Bakris shares his excitement for the results of some important diabetes trials.
Read More »George Bakris Full Interview
Dr. George Bakris talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego about kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and their relationship to diabetes.
Read More »George Bakris Part 7, Kidney Disease Risk Reduction
Dr. George Bakris shares his suggestions for reducing kidney disease risk in a talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego.
Read More »George Bakris Part 6, Best Resting Heart Rate
Dr. George Bakris shares the best resting heart rate in a talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego.
Read More »George Bakris Part 5, High Blood Pressure and Diabetes
Dr. George Bakris explains the new ADA blood pressure guidelines in a talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego.
Read More »George Bakris Part 4, Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. George Bakris talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego about the links between cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
Read More »George Bakris Part 3, Increase of Kidney Disease in People with Diabetes
Dr. George Bakris talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego about the increase of people on dialysis due to increase in kidney disease but decrease in cardiovascular mortality.
Read More »George Bakris Part 2, SGLT-2 Inhibitors and the Diabetic Kidney
Dr. George Bakris talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego about the possible kidney benefits for those using SGLT-2s.
Read More »George Bakris Part 1, Introduction and Diabetic Kidney Disease
Dr. George Bakris talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 77th Scientific Session in San Diego about what he is looking forward to in the results of some promising diabetes trials.
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