Archive: 26/06/2014
Plan to streamline health law re-enrollment
New health secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell says she wants to make it easy for the 8 million Americans signed up under the health care law to renew their insurance next year.
Jun 26, 2014
US clears robotic legs for some paralyzed people
U.S. health regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind set of robotic leg braces that can help some disabled people walk again.
Jun 26, 2014
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease are present decades before diagnosis
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are present and identifiable 30 years before diagnosis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings ...
Jun 26, 2014
Small changes to US kidney allocation policy may help reduce geographic disparities
In 2011, nearly 17,000 kidney transplants were performed in the United States, but 94,000 patients remained on the waiting list.
Jun 26, 2014