Three times a week, every week, Edwin Foster drives a round-trip of 250 kilometres for kidney dialysis treatment. For the past year, he has clocked up nearly 40,000km and hundreds of hours on the ...
Kidney Health Australia has conducted a study of current and former dialysis patients, finding 92 per cent of respondents reported the treatment disrupted their lives. The body is calling for an ...
People with advanced kidney disease are at the highest risk of having calciphylaxis, with it occurring in 0.4 to 4% of people on dialysis. A 2024 study of people from New Zealand and Australia ...
THE success of chronic hemodialysis in terminal renal failure depends on repeated access to blood vessels that will provide a continuous flow of up to 250 to 300 ml. per minute. A technic was ...
Winnipeg's local basketball hero is now in critical condition following complications from brain surgery after a brain aneurysm on Saturday. Chad Posthumus, a hometown player who was the first ...
He was the first patient to receive a new procedure to treat a specific aortic aneurysm in Michigan. "I had two choices—that, or being cut open from the back," said Chilson. "And so, we went ...
Unruptured brain aneurysms rarely cause symptoms. Some may not require treatment, but a doctor may actively monitor them for signs of growth. Others may require surgery to seal the aneurysm and ...
A dedicated session will highlight new advancements in hemodiafiltration therapy showcasing its potential to improve patient outcomes through enhanced toxin removal in dialysis treatments.