NxStage Announces New Agreements with DaVita
Agreements Cover Supply of NxStage’s Innovative Product Technology across Home, Critical Care and In-Center Markets Through 2015 LAWRENCE, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that it has entered into new agreements covering its supply of home, critical care and in-center products to [...]
Sterilized Honey Combats Infections in Dialysis Catheters
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A sterilized honey preparation was effective in preventing infections at the site of peritoneal dialysis catheters, according to a study presented here at the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) 50th Congress. However, the honey preparation underperformed versus mupirocin in patients with diabetes, said presenter Carolyn van Eps, PhD, staff [...]
Foulridge couple’s lost dialysis machine is found
For those who wondered what happened to the couple whose dialysis machine fell out of their van, here’s the end of the story. (Lancashire Telegraph) A couple who lost their life-saving kidney dialysis machine when it fell out of their van are delighted after it was found. Tim and Elena Johnston lost the machine when [...]
Home Dialysis Information at the NIDDK Information Clearinghouse
Tthe Information Clearinghouse at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is a service of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and contains a wealth of information on all aspects of kidney disease. Here are links to downloadable and printable versions of their pages on home hemodialysis (Home HD) and peritoneal [...]
OIG says $510M overspent on dialysis drugs
CMS plans to adjust payment schedule to reflect current treatment practices. The CMS and Medicare beneficiaries could have saved an estimated $510 million on drugs used to treat end-stage renal disease in 2011 if the reimbursement rate more accurately reflected current usage of these drugs, according to a report from HHS’ inspector general’s office. The [...]
You can be on dialysis, and yet not miss work!
This article comes from The Times of India so it reflects some of the realities in the way dialysis is paid for there but it still presents how nocturnal dialysis can be a good choice for one’s life and health. Piyali Kishore*, 45, was going strong in her hospitality career as the housekeeping manager with [...]
Peritoneal priorities – an interview with Professor Nick Topley
(Science Omega Review UK) Professor Nick Topley, President of EuroPD, discusses with Science Omega Review the merits of peritoneal dialysis, and the need to raise the profile of this often underutilised therapy… Read more. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it [...]
New Home Dialysis Training Center in Birmingham, AL
(Birmingham Medical News) A resurging interest in home dialysis thrills Harry Giles, MD. He’s the executive director of the home dialysis unit of Birmingham’s Nephrology Associates, PC…. Home dialysis popularity has waxed and waned in the last few decades, Giles says. Current support for the option stems from the general trend in medicine to be [...]
“Everything you wanted to know about home dialysis — the Australian way”
While home dialysis treatments are struggling to get a strong foothold here in the USA, in Australia they are very successful. This free booklet, put out by Kidney Health Australia Renal Resource Centre, provides information on living with both home peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis. It focuses on the lifestyle aspect of choosing home dialysis, [...]
“Off-the-shelf” artificial blood vessels may reduce dialysis complications
DALLAS — “Off-the-shelf” blood vessels could one day reduce some complications of dialysis treatment, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Emerging Science Series Webinar. Scientists bioengineered an artificial blood vessel by seeding human aorta cells onto a biodegradable mesh tube. In the process, a tubular vein develops in two months as [...]
NxStage Announces FDA Clearance for New High Flow Capabilities with NxStage System One
Product provides patients with benefits of home hemodialysis and greater treatment flexibility based on their clinical and lifestyle needs LAWRENCE, Mass., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — NxStage® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared new high flow capabilities with [...]
Diabetic man says dialysis room is ‘not a spare bedroom’
BBC News A man who uses a room of his house for daily dialysis treatment says the government’s changes to housing benefits are unfair. Stephen Smith, who has diabetes, spends about five hours a day receiving treatment in the adapted bedroom of the Daventry home he shares with his wife…. Read more Bookmark on Delicious [...]
‘Adaptive coping’ key to successful home dialysis
By Sally Robertson, medwireNews Reporter medwireNews: The odds for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) successfully sustaining their home hemodialysis therapy seems to depend on the coping mechanisms they employ, report Australian researchers. In particular, adaptive coping strategies such as planning and problem solving significantly contribute to the likelihood for patients keeping up the home [...]
Will ideas delivered by Tom Parker “catch fire”
Rosa Park’s simple action helped speaker Thomas Parker III, MD, deliver his message during the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s Janel Parker Memorial Plenary Session yesterday at ANNA’s 44th national symposium held in Las Vegas. Dr. Parker, one of the founding members of physician practice group Dallas Nephrology Associates, set the stage for his presentation with [...]
Thrice-weekly nocturnal hemodialysis: the overlooked alternative to improve patient outcomes
Early Abstract from Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT) Hemodialysis (HD) therapy for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has been a major breakthrough in medicine during the twentieth century. Empirically, the conventional treatment is prescribed as 3–4.5 h of dialysis, three times a week. However, this prescription is being questioned because of poor patient outcomes [...]
Excellent long time survival for Swedish patients starting home-hemodialysis with and without subsequent renal transplantations
Early abstract from Hemodialysis International Survival for patients on dialysis is poor. Earlier reports have indicated that home-hemodialysis is associated with improved survival but most of the studies are old and report only short-time survival. The characteristics of patient populations are often incompletely described. In this study, we report long-term survival for patients starting home-hemodialysis [...]
CryoLife Receives FDA Clearance For Next Generation HeRO Device
ATLANTA, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading tissue processing and medical device company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a next generation HeRO (Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow) device. The HeRO device is the only subcutaneous AV [...]
Dialyspa Dialysis Center presents the option to receive in-home hemodialysis treatments
Houston, TX (PRWEB) When the kidneys no longer function, regular life saving dialysis treatments must be performed. For many this means going to a dialysis center on a planned schedule three to four times a week. In-center treatments can take up to twelve hours out of a week, which can make working or everyday activities [...]
Medical Education Institute Offers Free Online CKD Video Classes for Patients
Madison, Wisconsin—How to Have a Good Future with Kidney Disease is now a series of six free online video classes (available at http://lifeoptions.org/goodfuture_patients/) for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or those who want to learn more about it. The non-profit MEI created and recorded the classes, while additionally offering the slides as a toolkit [...]
Portable dialysis system improves quality of life for Humble man
By STEFANIE THOMAS Houston Community Newspapers… James Durant is no different from most young men his age. He enjoys his Thursday night TV lineup, loves football and tailgating, and likes spending time with friends. The 27-year-old Humble man leads an active lifestyle, and instead of building his life around a harrowing in-center dialysis regimen, he is [...]
We need greater access to home hemodialysis
By Peter Laird, MD… As a doctor who also happens to be an end stage renal disease (ESRD) patient, I appreciate this opportunity to reflect on the great strides that have been made to improve the lives of ESRD patients and the steps that still need to be taken to make sure kidney patients have [...]
In-home dialysis training offered in Bartonsville
By Howard Frank Pocono Record Writer March 21, 2013 An innovative new treatment service for kidney disease sufferers opened in Bartonsville last week, giving patents a healthier and cheaper way to undergo dialysis. The Pocono Home Training Center becomes the area’s first home dialysis training center, following a trend in providing more convenient dialysis to [...]
Home Hemodialysis Patients Urge Medicare to Fix HHD Training Reimbursement
Patients ask Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide adequate reimbursement for up-front training costs to make HHD more accessible to Medicare patients. Read more Editor’s Note: Two of the home hemodialysis patients are members of Home Dialyzors United, with Kathe LeBeau being a member of the Board of Directors. Bookmark on Delicious [...]
Report from the ADC: Finding a way home
By Mark E. Neumann, Nephrology News & Issues SEATTLE––Should we blame the untrained nephrologists or the medical directors that are ambivalent? The dialysis providers focused on paying off their bricks and mortar? Patients not able to handle intensive dialysis or the cost of home renovations? Inconsistent guidance from Medicare’s fiscal intermediaries on payment for more [...]
