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Children-specific kidney replacement device reveals a new hope for children undergoing dialysis.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 23:00 PST Baxter International Inc.

BATTLING baby Max Price is to go into hospital for an operation after suffering a setback.

INSPIRED by her mother's recovery from a kidney transplant, a sick Moray teenager awaiting the same life- saving operation is hoping her dad will be given the go-ahead to become her donor.

Lewis County General Hospital officials are seeking speedy approval of a long-awaited renal dialysis center that would allow for a fall 2010 opening.

Alice Springs dialysis services should be jointly provided by the Northern Territory, South Australian and Western Australian governments, a health group says.

For years patients at Val Verde Regional Medical Center in need of dialysis had to leave town for treatment, but that has all changed.

By Jim Davis Ask any Ukrainian citizen about the most important things in his or her life and invariably good health will be near the top of the list.

A renowned Aboriginal artist could face premature death because he cannot receive dialysis treatment in Alice Springs, the Australian Greens say.

A chain of clinics and a kidney specialist defrauded Medicare by having unlicensed employees pose as doctors for dialysis treatments, according to a whistleblower lawsuit that moved closer to trial Wednesday.

New arrivals: Dialysis machines at the new nephrology block of Gandhi Hospital. - HYDERABAD: The first of its kind Arogyasri dialysis wards for patients with end-stage kidney ailments will start operating simultaneously from Gandhi and Osmania General Hospitals in the twin cities and KGH in Visakhapatnam from Friday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently brought fraud charges against financier Michael J. Xirinachs, alleging that he helped a Florida company called Universal Express Inc.

KIDNEY patients across Devon can look forward to improved treatment from next year.

A new dialysis management product is now available for self-funded employers to help save money and ease the stop-loss renewal process.

Northwest Kidney Centers got an infusion of cash Oct. 14, thanks to the efforts of Pearl Bar & Dining.

Improving survival among dialysis patients may increase treatment costs significantly, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA.

A new proposal from Medicare has been published in the Federal Registry and it provides a window on how medical care will be delivered in the future under a government-run system.

The wife of an epileptic kidney patient has blasted a hospital for treating him "like garbage." David Wicks of Royal Terrace, St Leonards, was asked to travel to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton after suffering complications with his dialysis.

Shire plc today announced it has received approval through the European Mutual Recognition Procedure for an extension to the current indication for FOSRENOL , paving the way to make the non-calcium, non-resin phosphate binder available throughout the EU to control hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease patients who are not on dialysis with a ...

Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis products and services, has launched a new therapy programme for peritoneal dialysis .