Home Dialysis Central update
[Vol.2, No.7, July 22, 2005]
Home Dialysis Central is raising awareness and use PD and home hemo. We just received a reprint of 75,000 postcards. Order your FREE POSTCARDS today and help spread the word!
Home Dialysis Central: first year successes
In our first year, we had 182,121 unique visitors—a figure we expect to more than double in our second year, as growth continues. And, those visitors viewed 679,876 pages, 50,850,483 kilobytes of data, and generated more than 86 million hits. People are interested in home dialysis!
Associated Press writes story on home dialysis
Everything old is new again, right? It seemed that way last week, when the A.P. wire services distributed a story about home hemodialysis. Picked up by newspapers across the nation, this story is helping to inform the general public that there are choices other than in-center dialysis for people with kidney failure. Read it here.
Topic of the month: "bathtub" (presternal) PD catheters
For more than a decade, there has been another option for people who want to do PD but can't have—or don't want—an abdominal catheter. A presternal catheter, placed in the chest, is less prone to infection and makes tub baths possible! Learn all about it and see a presternal catheter for yourself.
Innovative papers in home dialysis
High serum phosphorus and high calcium x phosphorus product don't just predict bone disease—they are also risk factors for death. Read Dr. Nathan Levin's summary and protect yourself!
Connie has diabetes, kidney failure—and a full-time Job. How? CCPD!
Many women these days balance career and family—but Connie also manages to fit in treatment for her kidney failure. Age 43, Connie has been able to keep her job as a city employee, because she can do her dialysis at night with CCPD. Read her story!
How does Medicare work?
Click here to learn the answers to this & other questions about Medicare payment for PD and home hemo.
Read all about it!
Review home dialysis-related news, courtesy of Nephrology News & Issues. This week's stories include:
- NxStage Medical files for $75 million IPO
- Preemie babies at risk of kidney failure as adults
- "Diabesity" and Kidney Function
- FL dialysis clinics avoid Medicaid patients
Featured link
On June 8, 2005, the federal Food and Drug Administration held an Advisory Panel meeting on nocturnal home hemodialysis equipment. Download the agenda and background document.
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