The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is introducing new dialysis technology to treat infants with kidney failure. The Cardio-Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency Machine, called ...

With a small click, Jshon Thomas connected himself to his life support. It was the last step in an hour-long process involving hundreds of steps that Thomas completed with the precision of an airline ...

Dialysis patients using a more traditional home hemodialysis procedure have lower incidence of cardiovascular disease than patients using a less invasive peritoneal catheter for dialysis at home, ...

When Karen Everts wants to go camping, kidney failure no longer slows her down: She simply rolls the first portable hemodialysis machine out of her kitchen and into her motor home, ready to hook up ...

I sit here in a Lazy Boy type of chair as my blood circulates through tubes that carry it to a machine to cleanse it through dialysis so I can live with failed kidneys. Every Tuesday, Thursday and ...

For many dialysis patients, the whole idea can feel extremely confusing and even a bit scary because the process isn't always explained clearly. Sometimes the patient themselves may not remember the ...

The novel coronavirus exposes another potential shortage in U.S. healthcare. Jamal Uddin’s coronavirus story began like many others: His health deteriorated, he was hospitalized, he tested positive ...

The Midland couple, who married in April, received life-changing news three months later when Vince was diagnosed with stage ...

Recently, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe shuttled a busload of its kidney disease patients to Mwaiwathu Private ...

Jamal Uddin's coronavirus story began like many others: His health deteriorated, he was hospitalized, he tested positive for COVID-19, and he was treated. Then his health began improving. He was going ...