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Doctors in 1993 told Shad Ireland's family he had 12 hours to live.Eleven years later, Ireland finished his first Ironman triathlon, proving doctors wrong and inspiring hundreds.

Worldwide, the number of patients with kidney failure is growing. Untreated it is fatal, yet treatment is so costly that many countries struggle to meet increasing demand.

A founding tenant of the N.C. Research Campus has launched a program to fight chronic kidney disease, a condition that has reached epidemic proportions and costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

Twenty-six million Americans-more than the entire population of New York state-suffer from chronic kidney disease.

G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital is the centre of health care in Quesnel. Autumn MacDonald photo Quesnel health care in stable condition: COO By Autumn MacDonald - Quesnel Cariboo Observer Published: August 01, ...

Pattie Bolton, left, sits with her daughter, Jamie Smith, on July 23 as Smith receives dialysis treatments at the Glens Falls Hospital Renal Dialysis Center in Glens Falls.

A non-profit agency is recognizing a dedicated husband for his work with dialysis patients.

Robyn Brandon remembers July 2004 as a month of firsts -- she bought her first house, took her first trip to Disney World with her husband and four kids and, at the end of the trip, she had her first kidney ...

On a recent afternoon, Jamie Smith spent three hours with two needles stuck in her arm.

Make no mistake, Northern Health knows their math. As long as they don't provide certain medical treatments in Smithers, there will never be enough people to need it.

Dialysis treatment is available in Honiton thanks to a new unit which has opened to provide more localised care.

T he cost of treatment is not limited to the cost of dialysis. Rather, the cost is multiplied a hundredfold, and becomes the burden of an entire family Each year an estimated 120 Filipinos per million ...

Staff photo/Tom McMahon - Maria Rodriquez, Council Bluffs Community Health Center patient advocate and Centro Latino social worker, consults with a client Friday at her Omni Center office.

Mary Kay Garrow has spent her career helping others through her work at a nonprofit agency that helps build affordable housing.

By Autumn MacDonald - Quesnel Cariboo Observer Published: July 25, 2008 1:00 PM Updated: July 25, 2008 10:23 PM They sit huddled in the back of the Ford four-door. The movie rolls on the big screen.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Blood / Hematology Article Date: 23 Jul 2008 From clinicians and medication to various equipment and supplies, a myriad of resources are involved in ...

Nell Myers is a 100 year-old dialysis patient in Platteville, Wis. PLATTEVILLE, Wis.

Walk into virtually any urban dialysis center, and chances are a disproportionate number of patients tethered to the machines will be African-American. The preferred treatment for kidney failure is an organ ...

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Blood / Hematology Article Date: 23 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT From clinicians and medication to various equipment and supplies, a myriad of resources are involved ...

The center began nocturnal dialysis less than a year ago, and is one of only two offices in Colorado offering it.