A new study released in JAMA finds life expectancy has still not bounced back from pre-pandemic 2019 levels, attributing the remaining gap to drug overdoses and cardiovascular diseases and hitting low ...

For people with kidney failure, home dialysis can offer more freedom and better quality of life. So what’s stopping the NHS ...

The End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687) offers a $10,000 refundable tax credit for five years to living kidney donors who ...

Introduction The Gold Standard Frameworks (GSF) Committee devised Prognostic Indicator Guidance in November 2007 to ‘aid identification of adult patients with advanced disease, in the last months or ...

Using data from the 2000-2019 ERA Registry, investigators examined 5-year survival outcomes among 64,013 adults on dialysis who were waitlisted for a first deceased-donor kidney transplant in ...

He’s in final stages of kidney failure and has been on the transplant list since October 2020, but his number never came up as he stayed on dialysis. A donor like Doyle was his only option to live.

In developed countries, the default management strategy for older people with kidney failure appears to have shifted from conservative management to initiation of dialysis. 17 On average, life ...

Kidney disease is a serious yet often overlooked condition that affects millions worldwide. Despite its impact, it is frequently underestimated compared to illnesses like cancer and heart disease. The ...

But life isn’t the same one year after receiving a life-saving kidney transplant. A daily regimen of 16 anti-rejection and immunosuppressant medicines and supplements.

Objectives Patients with kidney failure receiving maintenance dialysis are a particularly important population and carry a heavy disease burden. However, evidence related to palliative care for ...

The transplant was scheduled for March 20 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. “We got here at 6:15 in the morning and on the operating table by 7:30 a.m., and we were both sore afterwards and ...