If you’re living with advanced kidney disease, preparing for dialysis can feel overwhelming. One crucial decision is how your blood will be accessed for treatment. While there are different options, ...

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- People with kidney failure usually go to a center to get dialysis. But what if you could do it yourself? "At home you're flexible to do it whenever you want. Morning, afternoon, ...

Elderly patients with kidney failure may not gain the same benefits from what's considered the gold standard for accessing the blood for dialysis compared with younger patients, according to a new ...

Dialysis, a life-saving treatment for kidney failure, is generally not painful, experts say. While minor discomfort may occur ...

A Bradenton clinic is offering a new nonsurgical procedure to prepare patients for kidney dialysis. Dr. Jenna Kazil started using the new WavelinQ EndoAVF System in January at the Florida Surgical ...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) continues its slow march toward equal popularity within the nephrology community. In most areas of the United States, it is still the minority to the behemoth that is ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Vascular surgeon Dr. Joseph Griffin was the first physician in Louisiana and the second in the country to perform a new endovascular procedure for patients with chronic kidney ...

DETROIT (WWJ) --A team of physicians at DMC Harper University Hospital announced yesterday that it has successfully treated several patients with a new high-tech "vascular graft" that significantly ...

Starting Dialysis when Kidney Function is High Increases Risk of Premature Death Recent guidelines that recommend that kidney disease patients start dialysis before their kidney function has ...