Kidney Care Community News

In the year preceding dialysis initiation, older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease experienced worse mental and physical health-related quality of life compared with the year after dialysis.

Nikhil Pereira-Kamath, BA, executive chairperson and co-founder of Africa Healthcare Network, did not have plans to work in nephrology or medicine in general growing up.

Dialyze Direct announced it has acquired RenPro Renal Services, a dialysis provider to skilled nursing facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

As we continue ambitious efforts to help more people with kidney failure choose home dialysis therapies, new surveys and research are showing that patient satisfaction and quality of life may be critical to our success.

It did not take long for nephrologist and kidney stone specialist David S. Goldfarb, MD, FASN, to realize that the buildup of pain radiating from the right side of his abdomen was from a kidney stone that had begun its downward migration.

Nephrologist Edward R. Gould, MD, and urologist Ryan Hsi, MD, FACS, have a collaborative role at Vanderbilt’s Complex Stone Clinic, where they treat and manage patients with kidney stones.

Support of research and innovation in health care is one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in Washington, D.C.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB announced the European Commission gave conditional marketing authorization for Kinpeygo.

Individuals who are not white and are receiving dialysis are more likely to report unmet existential and supportive kidney care needs than white patients, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil complaint in federal court against Fresenius Vascular Care Inc. alleging that the company billed Medicare and other health plans for more than 1,000 unnecessary procedures in their access centers.