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 ...

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 ...

The pandemic has many of us relying on technology in new ways. And it prompted some innovation, including in the health care sector. For example, patients who need dialysis on a regular basis mostly ...

When Denise Atkinson and her husband Mike wanted to take a cruise to the Bahamas last January, they knew they could only do it if Cindy came along. But that wasn’t a major problem – after all, Cindy ...

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 ...

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The Fresenius clinic, currently located in the basement of CentraCare — Rice Memorial Hospital, is moving to a new location on 1st Street South that is expected to open in the spring. Dialysis ...

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in renal care, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its next-generation ...

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 ...

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 ...

Competitions like the Kidney X Prize have spurred interest, but the payoffs aren’t lucrative enough to overcome the expensive hurdles in bringing a better dialysis machine to market. Himmelfarb knows ...