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Keep up to date on the latest advances in renal science! We have collected numerous cutting-edge home dialysis articles and abstracts from leading scientific and medical journals.
Topics of the month: PD
- Hernias and peritoneal dialysis: What you need to know (August 2008)
- Tailoring automated PD (APD) to your life (May 2008)
- The Peritoneal Equilibrium Test (PET) for PD: What, why, and how (January 2008)
- Saying yes to PD: Separating myth from fact (May 2007)
- PD catheter placement: What to expect (August 2006)
- PD as a first therapy (February 2006)
- The "bathtub" (presternal) PD catheter (July 2005)
- PD in a pinch: Low-volume, recumbent-only (LVRO) (May 2005)
Topics of the month: Home Hemodialysis
- Blood pump speed and your dialysis fistula (March 2008)
- Fluid and solute removal: How and why—part two (December 2007)
- Fluid and solute removal: How and why—part one (November 2007)
- Water treatment for home hemodialysis (August 2007)
- Dialysis needles, self-cannulation, and the Buttonhole technique (May 2006)
- Hemodialysis access: Fistula First (March 2006)
- Hemodialysis: Why more is better (January 2006)
- NIH more-frequent dialysis studies in a nutshell (November 2005)
- Ultrapure dialysate: What, how, and why (September 2005)
- Dialysis needle fear: Easing the sting (August 2005)
- The impact of home hemodialysis on patient quality of life, and how to encourage it: A patient's perspective (June 2005)
Topics of the month: Both PD and Home Hemodialysis
- Leaving on a jet plane: Flying with a PD cycler or NxStage System One (October 2008)
- Dialysis, the flu, and you (September 2008)
- Dialysis and dental health: What you need to know (July 2008)
- Medicare 101 for people on home dialysis (October 2007)
- How to protect yourself in the hospital (July 2007)
- Getting on your nerves: Neuropathy and dialysis (June 2007)
- LVH: Heading off a common heart problem (April 2007)
- Anemia, EPO, kidney failure, and you (March 2007)
- How to find a home dialysis center (September 2006)
- Keeping your job when you need dialysis (July 2006)
- Your kidney treatment? Your choice! (April 2006)
- Medicare Part D and dialysis (October 2005)
- Conditions for Coverage (April 2005)
- U.S. dialysis: How the system of care works (March 2005)
- How to get started with home dialysis in three easy steps (February 2005)
Medicare FAQs
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Industry press
- CMS releases regulation modernizing dialysis centers (April 3, 2008)
- FDA clears new design of Allient Sorbent dialysis system (October 22, 2007)