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 ...

It is feasible and safe to widen the availability of peritoneal dialysis performed at home as initial treatment for patients with advanced chronic renal disease, according to new US research. In a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dialysis at home dates to the 1960s, yet teaching continues today about training and supporting patients who ...

HUS Helsinki University Hospital and VTT are starting a field test of wearable sensors to develop home dialysis. A total of 36 volunteer patients will use the sensors that enable monitoring of ...

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, ...

Tradeoffs between overall survival and time at home suggested a more favorable risk-benefit profile of starting dialysis at an eGFR less than 12 mL/min/1.73 m 2 among patients aged 80 years or older ...

Employment rates for patients with end-stage kidney disease were higher for those with access to home hemodialysis or evening ...

Oct 29 (Reuters) - German healthcare group Fresenius beat third-quarter revenue forecasts on Tuesday, citing a solid performance by its infusion drugs unit in emerging markets and strong growth in ...

Valerie undergoes dialysis at home five nights a week for around eight hours at a time, relying on a machine that consumes ...