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Advanced dialysis tech moves into WA homes
A Lockridge man is the first person in WA to use a breakthrough haemodiafiltration (HDF) machine for kidney dialysis in the comfort of his own home.
Sep 10, 2015
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Researcher to examine why some patients ignore doctors' orders
Taking medications as prescribed is challenging for many patients, and following doctors' orders regarding medication often varies over time and among different patients. The consequences of failing to follow the prescribed ...
Aug 6, 2015
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Exercise on dialysis: staying active to stay healthy
Deakin researchers have launched an Australian-first exercise program to help fight the debilitating physical side-effects suffered by patients undergoing dialysis treatment.
Jul 31, 2015
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Many dialysis patients are unprepared for natural disasters
Patients on dialysis are very vulnerable during emergencies or disasters due to their dependence on technology and infrastructure such as transportation, electricity and water to sustain their lives. A study appearing in ...
Jul 28, 2015
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Geography is destiny in deaths from kidney failure, study shows
The notion that geography often shapes economic and political destiny has long informed the work of economists and political scholars. Now a study led by medical scientists at Johns Hopkins reveals how geography also appears ...
Jun 24, 2015
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More dialysis patients living in poor neighborhoods
Poverty is known to be a strong risk factor for end-stage kidney disease. Now, a first of-its-kind study has found that the association between poverty and kidney disease changes over time.
Jun 15, 2015
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American Samoa's 1 dialysis clinic hopes to reopen Saturday (Update)
A fresh supply of a dialysis product needed for the treatment of renal failure was expected to be delivered to American Samoa on Friday after a recall forced the only hospital on the island to stop treatments.
Jun 4, 2015
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Family history increases the risk of cardiac arrest in patients on dialysis
The increased risk of cardiac arrest experienced by patients with kidney failure may, in part, be inherited, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). ...
Apr 16, 2015
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'World first' for extreme premature baby dialysis in Poland
An extremely premature Polish infant weighing just 820 grammes (1.8 pounds) has become the world's smallest and youngest patient to escape death thanks to an artificial kidney, according to the doctor who oversaw the treatment.
Apr 9, 2015
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Hormone and bone tests may be indicative of dialysis patients' heart health
Bone loss may be a sign of poor heart health in patients on dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Monitoring bone loss in dialysis patients ...
Apr 2, 2015
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