Sex While Pregnant: 10 Best Positions to Try, Plus More Tips - Healthline

Christopher Chan, MD, discusses why digital counseling was linked to higher home KRT uptake only among motivationally ready patients with CKD. An automated digital counseling program did not increase overall uptake of home kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but patients who were motivationally ready at baseline were substantially more likely to initiate home KRT with the intervention, according to the ODYSSEE-Kidney Health trial.1Christopher Chan, MD, of University Health Network in Toronto, presented the findings at ASN Kidney Week 2026 in Denver, Colorado. “We need to know our patients’ preference, we need to know our patients’ goals, and we also need to match the education towards their goals and preferences,” Chan told HCPLive. Task force guidelines advocate informed decision-making about home-based KRT, including home peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis, and preemptive kidney transplant evaluation.1 ODYSSEE is a digital cognitive behavioral therapy platform previously studied in hypertension and heart failure, Chan explained, designed to support education, self-efficacy, and patient activation.

Residents are being encouraged to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated against influenza and COVID-19 as Saskatchewan prepares for another respiratory illness season. Medical Health Officer Dr. Hortense Tabien says people should not wait until flu activity begins to increase before booking their immunization appointments.

As the debate season kicked off in Iowa’s heated gubernatorial race, one question seemed to animate and, in some ways, unify the candidates.

A small device that delivers gentle electrical pulses through the ear could offer a new approach to treating stubborn high blood pressure. In a clinical trial led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, the technology proved safe, well tolerated, and practical for patients to use at home. Although the treatment did not significantly lower blood pressure compared with a placebo device across all participants, researchers observed encouraging results in patients with more severe hypertension. The findings suggest that stimulating nerves in the ear could eventually help certain people whose blood pressure remains elevated despite taking medication.

Joe Szostak talks with his wife Cindy at their home in Dundas, Ont. In desperation, Szostak enrolled in an early-stage clinical trial at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre to treat his metastatic cancer. Joe Szostak was in the middle of a family vacation in Florida in February of 2023 when, while getting changed one morning, he noticed a peculiar lump in his right armpit, the size of a ping-pong ball. Over the next two weeks, Szostak said the lump swelled to the size of an orange. By April, it had grown to the size of a grapefruit: “I couldn’t even hold my arm up properly.”