Tag: kidney failure
Healionics’ STARgraft receives US FDA Breakthrough Device designation
Healionics Corporation has today announced that its STARgraft arteriovenous graft—which it states is designed to provide a safer and more reliable means of bloodstream...
New research suggests dialysis may not be best option for elderly...
A new study recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine by lead author Maria Montez Rath, senior author Manjula Tamura (both Stanford University School...
Healionics announces 12-month clinical results for STARgraft AV graft
Healionics has announced 12-month clinical results in the ongoing human trial of its STARgraft arteriovenous (AV) graft. STARgraft is a new AV graft technology...
DPC announces first-in-USA kidney disease training curriculum for community health workers
Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the USA’s largest non-profit advocacy organisation for dialysis patients and their families, has announced a first-in-USA kidney disease training curriculum...
Ground-breaking transplant surgeon Professor Sir Roy Calne dies, aged 93
Professor Sir Roy Calne, the surgeon who led a team that performed the first liver transplant in Europe, has died at the age of...
FDA approves CorMedix Inc. DefenCath to reduce the incidence of catheter-related...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CorMedix’s DefenCath, the first and only antimicrobial catheter lock solution (CLS) in the USA to...
ASN and Home Dialysis University announce nephrology fellow education programme
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has announced a collaboration with the Home Dialysis University (HDU) to improve nephrology trainees’ knowledge, proficiency, and exposure...
ASN Kidney Week: Research uncovers why dialysis and transplant patients are...
People with kidney failure who are on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant face a higher risk of dying from COVID-19—and new...
Fresenius and Cigna expand efforts to help people living with kidney...
Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) and Cigna have announced an expansion of their national effort to improve health outcomes and lower the cost...
New scoring system measures health-related quality of life in kidney failure...
Results from a new study support the validity of a score that considers various patient-reported measures and preferences for assessing health-related quality of life,...
Further enhancements required to optimise artificial kidney device for peritoneal dialysis...
Despite the device demonstrating no serious adverse events (SAEs) in a preliminary safety study, researchers believe further enhancements are needed to improve the outcomes...
Higher kidney transplant referral rates found in non-profit dialysis facilities versus...
New research indicates that patients with kidney failure who receive care at for-profit dialysis facilities are less likely to be referred for kidney transplants...