Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The legislation would qualify more medical professionals to provide home dialysis training and offer staff ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Access to home or evening dialysis was associated with a 6% to 10% higher employment rate. Barriers to ...

While some people may view dialysis options as HD versus PD, the real matchup appears to be in-center therapy (hemodialysis) vs. home therapy, both PD and home HD. “If you look at the literature, I ...

In 2014, Amber Pettis felt nauseous and tired. She went to see her doctor because she thought she had a stomach bug. Instead, she learned she had kidney failure, a life-altering disease requiring long ...

Animal-to-human transplants – or xenotransplantation – is raising hopes among patients who can’t obtain healthy organs from other humans. Surgeons in March performed the world’s first successful ...

Fresenius Medical Care is partnering with hemodialysis patient Richard Amaro to educate El Pasoans about their options for dialysis, including home hemodialysis (HHD). On December 14 and 15, Amaro is ...

A recent study found that frail older patients who waited to start dialysis died only nine days earlier on average -- and spent more time at home -- than those who began treatment immediately. Whether ...