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Grandfather denied home kidney dialysis for 'cost reasons' - even ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Mail,A grandfather who needs life-saving kidney dialysis has slammed his NHS trust for denying him home treatment for cost reasons over the last four years

AMC mourns death of dialysis director  -  25 Mar 2008
Adirondack Daily Enterprise,Thomashow was a key figure in the establishment of the Renal Dialysis Treatment Center at AMC and was serving as the medical director of the program at the

Sleep, read, watch TV while you get dialysis  -  25 Mar 2008
Florida Times-Union,By LARRY HANNAN, The Times-Union Walking into the Fresenius Medical Care's First Coast Dialysis Center on Bowden Road, you expect patients undergoing

Dialysis centre in Suva eyes tourists  -  25 Mar 2008
fijilive.com (subscription),The newly-opened Kidney Dialysis Centre at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWM) in Suva could promote tourism industry in Fiji, says Dr Charles Benjamin

Guidelines for Epidemics: Who Gets a Ventilator?  -  25 Mar 2008
New York Times,In the early days of kidney dialysis, when dialysis machines were scare, â€œwe were so uncomfortable with that as a nation we essentially made dialysis

Daughter gives kidney to ailing dad  -  25 Mar 2008
Bradford Telegraph Argus,Claire Joseph, 30, is donating a kidney to her 58-year-old dad, Peter Joseph, who is currently being kept alive by kidney dialysis three times a week at St

Transplant Needed  -  25 Mar 2008
KIDK,Natalie Dick-Peddie: "Not knowing if I'm going to get a transplant and worrying about having to go on dialysis in the mean time and getting worse than I

Harbin Clinic's Open House set for Sunday  -  25 Mar 2008
Cedartown Standard,Harbin Clinic Cedartown Cardiac Rehabilitation; Harbin Clinic Cedartown Diabetes Management Center; and Harbin Clinic Cedartown Dialysis Center.

Boiler cited in clinic fire  -  25 Mar 2008
Somerville Journal,Late Saturday night on March 22, the heating system of the Broadway Dialysis Clinicâ€™s boiler room caught fire. At 10:46 pm, Firefighters from Engine 1, 6,

Home dialysis plea to give kidney patients more normal lives  -  Mar 24, 2008
Scotsman,Stuart Middleton who is to have a kidney transplant and so requires dialysis, tells us why he chose home dialysis rather than treatment at a hospital and

Providing dialysis in rural areas is difficult  -  Mar 23, 2008
Maui News,By MELISSA TANJI Staff Writer WAILUKU â€” Dialysis providers and doctors say providing dialysis in rural areas is tough, as it is a highly specialized service

Fresenius opens N. Ky. dialysis center  -  Mar 21, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Fresenius Medical Care North America has extended its string of dialysis centers into Northern Kentucky, opening a location in Florence.

Brooks dialysis machine upgrades aided by NRG Energy donation  -  Mar 22, 2008
Evening Observer,3/23/2008 - Brooks Memorial Hospital recently purchased 11 new, state-of-the-art Gambro dialysis machines to better serve area residents in need of

'I just want to have a normal life,' says teen on dialysis  -  Mar 22, 2008
Shelbyville Times-Gazette,She has been on and off dialysis over the years. But, from ages 10 to 16, her kidney seemed to function okay. At the beginning of this year, her kidney had

Daughter gives her father life  -  Mar 24, 2008
Chatham Daily News,Lynn Martin knew he couldn't live forever on kidney dialysis, but he wasn't sure the next step was one he wanted to take. In 1999, Martin was told by

Pastor receives gift of kidney from brother  -  Mar 24, 2008
Connecticut Post,I'm not tied to a machine for four hours a day," said Lord, referring to the dialysis treatments he needed before the kidney transplant.

Chronotherapy: In medicine, timing might be everything  -  Mar 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Studies suggest that certain types of chemotherapy should be given in the morning or evening; kidney dialysis patients tend to fare better if they receive

'Don't take gift of life to heaven with you'  -  Mar 24, 2008
Swindon Advertiser,During the 1980s and 1990s the couple were famous in the Advertiser for their instrumental role in the campaign for a dialysis unit in Swindon.

Recruit Hospital-based Specialists to Combat Falling Transplant ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
MedIndia,...â€œOver the past decade the number of Australians on dialysis has grown by 6% per annum, adding an additional $25 million yearly to healthcare expenditure,â€?

Gambro publishes 2006 Dialysis Opinion Survey  -  Mar 20, 2008
NephrOnline,Gambro AB recently published its 2006 Dialysis Opinion Survey, which had the theme of â€œself-care dialysis at home.â€? More than 7000 nephrology professionals

Dialysis centres to tackle shortage  -  Mar 13, 2008
Times of India,NEW DELHI: Patients suffering from damaged kidneys and needing life-long dialysis to survive now have a reason to cheer. The health ministry is planning to

Dialysis centers get House support  -  Mar 20, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,By Patrick Howington â€¢ phowington@courier-journal.com â€¢ March 20, 2008 Legislation setting minimum insurance reimbursements for Kentucky kidney dialysis

Dialysis Corp. earns $1 million in 4th quarter  -  Mar 14, 2008
Baltimore Sun,By M. William Salganik | Sun reporter 11:45 AM EDT, March 14, 2008 Linthicum-based Dialysis Corporation of America yesterday posted earnings of $1 million,

World Kidney Day observed: PIMS provided free dialysis to 10960 ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
Daily Times,By Jamila Achakzai ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) provided free dialysis to 10960 patients suffering from renal failure in 2007,

Local man with diabetes needs kidney, pancreas transplant  -  Mar 23, 2008
Greenwood Index Journal,Furthermore, Goldman continues his positive nature even after having been on dialysis since the summer. Diabetes runs in the Goldman family.

Providence Health Care Celebrates Dialysis Unit Upgrade and 1500th ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Market Wire (press release)This is important when you consider that a dialysis patient commonly visits this unit at least three times a week for four hours each visit," says Dianne

Wanted: One hero  -  Mar 22, 2008
Grand Island Independent,And as he sleeps, a dialysis machine does for him what his kidneys cannot. Hans has been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, a problem that will keep

Gambro, Debiotech to partner in peritoneal dialysis  -  Mar 19, 2008
NephrOnline,Gambro and Debiotech announced the start of a global partnership agreement in the area of Peritoneal Dialysis. Both companies have agreed to cooperate in

Pioneer operation saves donated kidney  -  Mar 23, 2008
The Timaru Herald,Colin, 63, received his kidney transplant on April 17, 1994, after being on dialysis for around two years following renal failure.

Meeting will focus on kidney dialysis services  -  Mar 19, 2008
Honolulu Advertiser,Kidney dialysis services will be the focus of the Governor's Maui Community Advisory Council meeting at 5 pm tomorrow at the Cameron Center.

Dialysis Patient Teaches Youth Basketball to Keep Strong  -  Mar 18, 2008
Cape May County Herald,By Joe Hart Photo by Joe Hart Dialysis patient Jose â€œTonyâ€? Tejada sits with staff members Bonny Werntz, left, and Shellee Henson, right, at Fresenius

Relatives blank corpse kidney  -  Mar 23, 2008
Trinidad News,I couldnâ€™t believe it and didnâ€™t fully understand the implications until the doctors outlined what dialysis treatment entailed.

Genzyme Launches Renvela(R) in the US for Dialysis Patients  -  Mar 6, 2008
FOXBusiness...(Nasdaq: GENZ) today announced the US launch of the phosphate binder Renvela(R) (sevelamer carbonate) for dialysis patients, as well as significant progress

(3/18) Gambro publishes results of 2006 Dialysis Opinion Survey  -  Mar 18, 2008
NephrOnline,Gambro AB have recently published the results of the 2006 Dialysis Opinion survey, which has been conducted at major nephrology and dialysis congresses

Waiting is the hardest part  -  Mar 23, 2008
Today's News-Herald,She had been on dialysis since 2003, yet toxins continued to build up in her system. Worst of all, she didnâ€™t feel any healthier after dialysis.

Research and Markets: Kidney Disease and Dialysis Treatments the ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Earthtimes,DUBLIN, Ireland - (Business Wire) Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86311) has announced the addition of DaVita Inc.

Fresenius Medical Boosts Dialysis Filter Output on Demand  -  Mar 5, 2008
BloombergBy Henrietta Rumberger March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Fresenius Medical Care AG, the world's biggest provider of kidney dialysis, is expanding production of filters

Getting off dialysis for good  -  Mar 17, 2008
News 14 Carolina,A third of them are on dialysis, not eligible for a transplant because their antibodies are too high, making the risk of rejection almost unavoidable.

Two transplants, opposite outcomes  -  Mar 22, 2008
BCLocalNews,Six months ago, he had a successful kidney transplant after years on dialysis. The first time just about killed him. The second time saved his life.

Dialysis Corporation of America Announces its Newest Center ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
FOXBusinessDialysis Corporation of America currently owns 35 free standing kidney hemodialysis centers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Maryland,

Cops: Man, 77, Beat Wife Over Gas Costs for Driving to Dialysis ...  -  Mar 1, 2008
FOXNewsClose, a retired mechanic, said his life had been thrown into turmoil after doctors placed his wife on dialysis over the Christmas holidays.

Superbugs and NHS failings  -  Mar 22, 2008
Times Online,Clinch, a former RAF pilot from Dorset, has kidney failure and needs dialysis three times a week. It was only when he went for dialysis treatment in the

New dialysis center opens in Kapahulu  -  Feb 28, 2008
Bizjournals.com,The center, called Fresenius Medical Care of Kapahulu, has 24 dialysis stations equipped with entertainment systems for patient comfort.

Davita spent $4.3 million on lobbying  -  Mar 19, 2008
Forbes,DaVita lobbied on bills that control how much the government pays dialysis centers. DaVita has a huge stake in policies that affect dialysis reimbursement,

Free dialysis programme  -  Mar 15, 2008
Newindpress,THRISSUR: In connection with the â€˜holyâ€™ festival week, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Karunya Dialysis Society will jointly sponsor free dialysis at

Screening: Dialysis Can Lower Blood Sugar Readings  -  Feb 25, 2008
New York Times,The study found that dialysis patients who appeared to have that level on the hemoglobin test were in fact at 8 percent, Dr. Freedman said.

Cancer-treatment mother dies after deportation  -  Mar 20, 2008
Independent,Mother-of-two Ama Sumani, 39, suffers from malignant myeloma and was receiving dialysis at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, when she was deported

Dialysis may affect blood-sugar test  -  Feb 26, 2008
International Herald Tribune,Doctors treating diabetics try to keep their glucose levels at 7 percent or lower, while the study found that dialysis patients who appeared to have that

Microcap Featured in Dialysis Investing (XCR, NXTM, DVA, FMS, DCAI)  -  Mar 14, 2008
24/7 Wall St.,Xcorporeal, Inc. (AMEX: XCR) is a potential undiscovered gem in microcap and low-priced stock investing, and it is in the arena of kidney dialysis.

Kidney Dialysis Grant  -  Mar 14, 2008
KFYR-TV,Trinity Health currently serves about 45 kidney dialysis patients. National statistics indicate that number will increase dramatically within the next few

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