Dialysis News

The family of an Oregon woman who died after dialysis has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Fresenius Medical Care.

The family of an Oregon woman who died after dialysis has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Fresenius Medical Care.

CARTS intends to gradually expand its routes next week and resume transporting some riders to and from their doctor's appointments while the union drivers remain on strike.

Arie and Joy Pekar will soon welcome their first child. The happy occasion, however, will come at a time when the new daddy faces a health challenge.

At the same time, Dr Campbell has urged the Government to move decisively in banning smoking in public places and to radically overhaul the free health care policy.

Rockwell Medical is a bio-pharmaceutical company that's focused on addressing end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease with innovative products and services for the treatment of iron deficiency, secondary hyperparathyroidism and hemodialysis.

On May 10, 2013, CMS issued a transmittal clarifying the requirement in Section 637 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 that ambulance payments for non-emergency basic life support transports for end stage renal disease patients to and from renal dialysis treatment will be reduced by 10 percent effective October 1, 2013, and updating ... (more)

The congress of the ERA-EDTA is the biggest congress in By SFP-iron administration, the ESA dose could be reduced by 35% while maintaining stable Hb levels.

May 20, 2013 - Rockwell Medical , a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company targeting end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease with innovative products and services for the treatment of iron deficiency, secondary hyperparathyroidism and Dr.

May 16, 2013 - Rockwell Medical, Inc. , a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company targeting end-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease with innovative products and services for the treatment of iron deficiency, secondary hyperparathyroidism and , announced today that the underwriters of its recently announced public offering have ... (more)

Dialysis patient Martin McCabe amazed medics by climbing three of Britain's highest mountains, raising nearly A 1,000 for charity.

Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than non-profit centers in 2008, says a new study.

DaVita , a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, today announced that the company's subsidiary, Patient PathwaysSM, received the Dorland Health "Case In Point" Platinum Award for best Discharge Planning program in the U.S. Case In Point is a unique awards program recognizing the most successful ... (more)

NEW UNIT. James Tebby receives his treatment in the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital's new dialysis unit on May 10.

Kansas State University researchers are exploring the effects of drama therapy on patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis and are the first in the world to study the topic.

Many of you have a drivers license, but on the back, you can choose to sign your name.

A Yukoner with kidney disease is concerned about a lack of health services in the territory for assisted dialysis treatment.

Arnufo Sarmiento, 75, of Cordelia, plays the piano in the lobby of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Vallejo.

Component miniaturization is integral to the design and development demands for a wide range of medical devices, including analytical test equipment, ventilators, and infusion pumps.

Mindy Lam, left, and her daughter, Kelly Sia, wait at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore before Sia donated a kidney to Lam on Feb.