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Policy Changes Could Jeopardize Kidney Patients in 2025. Here’s what you can do to Help.
Lisa Parker never thought she’d be living her life around dialysis treatments. Diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease without ...
Numerous factors can cause kidney disease. Here are the most common ones.
Kidney disease results from kidney damage and subsequent decline in kidney function, says Dr. Pooja Budhiraja, a nephrologist ...
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What Kidney Failure Feels Like, Emotionally and Physically
Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Kidney failure, or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), occurs when the kidneys are no ...
Dr. Roach: Understanding how an incompatible kidney transplant works
Dear D.B.: This is a very touching story, and I hope to help readers understand a few points. Autosomal dominant polycystic ...
‘How are they going to do it?’: Dialysis patients worry as hospitals review next steps for clinics run by UVMMC
Three Vermont dialysis centers are facing an unknown future after the University of Vermont Health Network announced an operation transition amidst service reductions. All of the clinics are currently ...
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs might help protect kidneys
The potential health benefits of GLP-1 diabetes and weight loss meds keep piling up: New research shows they may also shield ...
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CMS introduces new payment model to improve kidney transplant outcomes
A new final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week for a mandatory alternative payment model called the Increasing ...