dialysis

Anti-microbial catheter to cut infection risk for dialysis patients

harminka — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:14:57 -0500

A study will be published on March 21, 2009 in World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses the question.

Major North American breakthrough for dialysis patients

harminka — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:27:17 -0600

Suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a growing number of patients at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), have become the beneficiaries of a North American breakthrough: high efficacy hemodiafiltration (HDF).

New nanomaterial could be breakthrough for implantable medical devices

harminka — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:55:57 -0600

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants.

Researchers design model for automated, wearable artificial kidney

harminka — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:54:40 -0500

Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with traditional dialysis.

Americans pay the most for prescription drugs and still don't take them

harminka — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:24:03 -0600

An international study of dialysis patients shows that although U.S. residents have the highest out-of-pocket drug costs, even those who can afford their prescription drugs are far less likely to take them than patients in other countries.

Breast cancer screening may not be cost-effective for older women on dialysis

harminka — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:54:26 -0600

For older women on dialysis, routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer may not be a cost-effective use of medical resources, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 40th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Francisco.

Early intervention improves outcomes for new dialysis patients

harminka — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:40:47 -0500

A program of education, close medical follow-up, and self-empowerment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) newly starting dialysis, reduces complications and improves outcomes—including significant reductions in mortality and hospitalization rates, reports a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

New peritoneal dialysis diagnostic discovered

harminka — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:51:26 -0500

Thanks to a discovery by scientists at Robarts Research Institute and The University of Western Ontario, patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis may soon be able to worry less about the risks of infection and lessen their hospital stays.

Clinical trials present better alternatives for dialysis patients

harminka — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:03:26 -0500

But an unhealthy kidney costs more—about $16 billion more, according to Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of nephrology and hypertension at the University of Cincinnati (UC).

Fish oil may help kidney disease sufferers

harminka — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:52:52 -0500

Fish oil, it's been touted as an answer to Alzheimers, arthritis and even weight-loss but now a Queensland University of Technology researcher will test its health benefits in people with chronic kidney disease.