When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative in 2019 to improve the prevention and treatment of kidney failure, one of the goals was to transform dialysis ...
Mar 21, 2022
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March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn about diabetic kidney disease.
Mar 17, 2022
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Multiple studies have shown that individuals with kidney failure who are undergoing dialysis mount weaker antibody responses after COVID-19 vaccination than people in the general population, but new research indicates that ...
Mar 9, 2022
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On dialysis for kidney failure and assume swimming or sit ups are out of the question? Think again. New international guidelines have been released on the eve of Kidney Health Week showing how important it is for dialysis ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Findings from preliminary tests of a new dialysis system have confirmed its ability to make sterile, medical grade water to provide an affordable, accessible home-based treatment option for patients with kidney failure.
Feb 28, 2022
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Two studies in CJASN offer a better understanding of the effects of COVID-19 vaccination on individuals with kidney failure who are undergoing long-term dialysis.
Feb 10, 2022
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Screening protocols to determine who qualifies for "compassionate dialysis" in hospitals with high numbers of uninsured patients are driving an unintended consequence, an SMU analysis has found. The protocols are putting ...
Feb 9, 2022
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New research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), held online this year, suggests that among COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive ...
Dec 18, 2021
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More than 600,000 people in the United States have end-stage kidney disease, and about 450,000 are kept alive through chronic hemodialysis to remove waste products from their blood.
Dec 13, 2021
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Patients undergoing long-term dialysis, especially Black and Hispanic patients and those living in nursing homes, were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nationwide study by University of Michigan ...
Nov 24, 2021
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