Marlene LeMarr was driving her husband, Terry, to dialysis nearly 40 miles away from their home. It impacted her ability to care for her grandkids, who she helps raise. Home dialysis has allowed ...

SELINSGROVE — Learning how to receive dialysis at home under her own care has improved the quality of life for Susan Groce. “I do it at night while I sleep,” said the Selinsgrove resident who has even ...

Once on HD, always on HD? Many ESRD patients are automatically started on hemodialysis due to late referral. “They get to us so late in the course of their disease,” Dr. Bray explained. “If a patient ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the American Kidney Fund (AKF) is hosting the third annual Dialysis at Home summit, a free, online event in which participants will hear from ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - There is new research that could help those waiting for a kidney transplant. Dialysis is a process that filters the blood in those living with kidney disease because the kidneys ...

End stage kidney disease is a life-changing diagnosis, and among the many disruptions it brings is dialysis. The blood-cleansing process is complex, expensive, and time-consuming. It usually requires ...

Every week, thousands of people with kidney disease in the UK spend long hours in hospital receiving life-saving dialysis. For many, this means travelling to a kidney unit three times a week and ...

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 ...

VIENNA — “We are going to change anemia treatment. We are going to change fistula control. The future is going to be AI (artificial intelligence),” declared Adrian C.M. Covic, MD, PhD, at the opening ...