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 ...

According to the American Kidney Fund, over half a million Americans are currently on dialysis for kidney failure. Now an ...

Chicago medical device startup Simergent received federal clearance for a home dialysis machine that costs up to 70% less than competing devices.

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 ...

Jul. 16—In mere months, Ashley Johnson went from four-wheeling at Jigg Water, to learning how to do home hemodialysis. She is one of the 90,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney. An ...

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 ...

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 ...

Caption: People on P.E.I. who need hemodialysis have a new option for how to get it: Instead of hours of treatment at the hospital each week, some people can take the machines home and get treatment ...

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 ...

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