Beacon Journal sports writer George M. Thomas details the obstacles on his way to receiving a kidney transplant.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced an enhancement to its Z Benefit Package for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) patients. This initiative ...

The dialysis market is projected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 8% during the forecast period. This growth is driven by the increasing prevalence of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and end-stage ...

MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has expanded the Z Benefit package for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) with a rate reaching almost PHP1.2 million. In an advisory Tuesday, ...

Background: Peritonitis is considered as one of the most serious complications that cause hospitalization in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). There is limited ...

Baxter International’s largest manufacturing plant is back up to regular production levels nearly five months after it was ...

According to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a form of renal replacement therapy (RRT) where the patient’s own peritoneal membrane or lining of ...

The patients were on peritoneal dialysis (six studies) or home haemodialysis (one study). There was very low certainty of evidence for the outcomes, except for hospitalisations: there was low ...

Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2009;5(3):130-131. The key conclusions of the study by Evenepoel and colleagues were that dialytic clearance and removal of total serum p-cresol is higher in hemodialysis ...

If plans fall into place, Litchfield could have its own dialysis center by next fall. A need for dialysis therapy in the area has spurred CentraCare Dialysis’ interest in setting up a center in ...

Rats had free access to water and a standard diet under continuous 12/12 h light/dark cycles. After 1 week of adaptive housing, we randomly divided rats into control (Con, n = 6), peritoneal dialysis ...