Home dialysis could have given Amber the flexibility to personalize her treatment and even travel the world. But no one discussed home dialysis with her until months later. Once she discovered the ...

Tasmanian researchers are developing a world-first blood test that picks up harmful compounds formed when antibiotics are ...

A growing number of patients, however, are opting to seize control of the process and bring dialysis into their own homes. Home hemodialysis can improve patients’ length and quality of life ...

When you think of someone whose kidneys are failing, you probably don't picture Joshua Nidle or Susan Blais. Nidle bowls and plays basketball. Blais travels, works and jumps on zip-lines whenever ...

“Together with a group of scientists, engineers and nephrology [kidney] experts, we came up with a solution that will enable patients and their families to do home dialysis in a very scalable, safe ...

Efforts to move dialysis care into the home are gaining traction, three years after then-President Donald Trump set a goal of having 80% of newly diagnosed kidney failure patients receive ...

a home dialysis product made by Outset Medical, based in San Jose. When he was done, he hoped to plug it in at his home in Moreno Valley. The size of a college-dorm refrigerator, the hemodialysis ...

In a large observational study of patients receiving home kidney dialysis, home hemodialysis was associated with improvements in key cardiovascular outcomes compared with peritoneal dialysis ...

The study, published in Kidney360, found that patients on home hemodialysis had a 42% lower risk of stroke, 17% lower risk of ...

Besides the time commitment of doing dialysis, whether it’s in a center or at home, you’ll need to make other changes to your lifestyle. These include: Limit salt intake. This may help control ...

Kidney patients are being offered the opportunity to undergo fully-funded dialysis at home by NHS Grampian, after some people had to travel up to 70 miles for treatment. A building issue at Dr ...

Federal officials on Wednesday updated guidance meant to improve the delivery of nursing home dialysis, a service many providers have been adding to attract new residents and improve quality of ...