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 ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During a recent panel discussion1 on advancing home dialysis, the moderator asked me to imagine what home ...
New study chronicles a growing proportion of patients using peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis since 2016. Home dialysis use has been on the rise, with greater absolute growth occurring with ...
Tommy Underwood was diagnosed with kidney disease 30 years ago. This weekend, he will walk in the 2026 Mobile Kidney Walk for the first time — just weeks before he is set to begin dialysis.
The American Heart Association (AHA) is throwing their support behind a new initiative to increase the use of home dialysis in patients with advanced kidney disease. In a scientific statement ...
In a large observational study of patients receiving home kidney dialysis, home hemodialysis was associated with improvements in key cardiovascular outcomes compared with peritoneal dialysis; however, ...
The dialysis market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 8% over the forecast period. This ...
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 ...
The rate of home dialysis in patients with kidney failure in the United States — 7% each in Black and Latinx patients and 9% in White patients — is low compared with the "lofty" target of 80% for 2025 ...
Fresenius Medical Care’s Home for the Holidays Initiative Educates Patients About the Benefits of Home Dialysis WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Although the holidays are traditionally a time of joy ...
BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dialyze Direct, the nation’s leading provider of home hemodialysis services in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), is pleased to announce that it has completed its ...