General Motors Co. on Wednesday named a new plant manager for its Defiance, Ohio, foundry.

Good grief! - the New York Times has used the phrase "illegal immigrants"! In a headline! On the front page!! The story itself bears reading.

Senator Rachel Siewert says the Federal Government should provide dialysis treatment for patients in regional WA.

My recent article on the health care debate and organ transplantation got me thinking about another aspect of transplants that were connected with my late wife.

There are many different kinds of heroes in the world today. There are the expected , like the women and men serving in our Armed Forces.

A 40-year-old man died of the A/H1N1 influenza strain in Taiwan on Sunday, bringing the death toll from the virus on the island to 29, the island's health authority said Monday.

I write to bring attention to the fact and extreme frustration that five expensive, lifesaving hemo-dialysis units still sit idle in our Waterville hospital four days a week.

Hundreds of patients from north and west Auckland with damaged kidneys will be given vital treatment and support closer to home under plans for a new health facility.

A Bristol woman who was told she could die if she fell pregnant has given birth to a healthy boy that she did not know she was carrying for seven months.

A kidney dialysis clinic threatened to pull treatment from an elderly patient who distributed DVDs warning of the dangers of the swine flu vaccine and then was told to sign a "behavior agreement" to cease the practice.

The West Australian and South Australian health ministers have confirmed they will attend an emergency meeting on Central Australian dialysis services this week.

A spokesperson representing the company that plans on opening an advanced dialysis clinic in the city of Ironton next year said Thursday the health care facility, when operational, will consist of a staff of eight and use most of the former Big Lots building.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis products and services, announces the presentation of the first results from the CALcium acetate MAGnesium carbonate evaluation study for the new phosphate binder OsvaRen at ...

As a young physician in training to become a specialist in kidney diseases in the late 1960s, I was exposed to an experience I will never forget.

Children-specific kidney replacement device reveals a new hope for children undergoing dialysis.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 23:00 PST Baxter International Inc.

BATTLING baby Max Price is to go into hospital for an operation after suffering a setback.

INSPIRED by her mother's recovery from a kidney transplant, a sick Moray teenager awaiting the same life- saving operation is hoping her dad will be given the go-ahead to become her donor.

Lewis County General Hospital officials are seeking speedy approval of a long-awaited renal dialysis center that would allow for a fall 2010 opening.

Alice Springs dialysis services should be jointly provided by the Northern Territory, South Australian and Western Australian governments, a health group says.