For the more than half a million Americans receiving dialysis, treatment doesn’t end when they leave the center. Many patients manage complex medication regimens at home, often taking more than 10 ...

Taking medications as prescribed is challenging for many patients, and following doctors' orders regarding medication often varies over time and among different patients. The consequences of failing ...

As the number of oral medications taken by patients on hemodialysis increases, so does their risk for cardiac and cerebrovascular events. The risks for cardiac and cerebrovascular events, including ...

High-dose fish oil cut major heart events in people on dialysis, showing unusually strong benefits in a large clinical trial.

Thanks to a generous $65,000 grant from the Davis Family Foundation, Northern Light AR Gould Hospital was recently able to ...

Dialysis is a procedure that helps filter and clean your blood when your kidneys are unable to do so effectively. There are two types of dialysis. Hemodialysis involves the use of a dialysis machine ...

Fresenius Medical Care is committed to ensuring that every person in need of dialysis treatment can receive care, regardless ...

There are significant gaps and variation in knowledge of transplantation processes among dialysis staff, according to a study published in the March issue of KI Reports. Catherine E. Kelty, Ph.D., ...

More than half of children undergoing chronic dialysis require hospitalisation, with the risk being higher for those on peritoneal dialysis than for those on haemodialysis, an Italian study finds.