Aug. 17—SELINSGROVE — Learning how to receive dialysis at home under her own care has improved the quality of life for Susan Groce. "I do it at night while I sleep," said the Selinsgrove resident who ...

Ariel Brigham was drowning. Hurricane Harvey had dumped over 50 inches of rain across Houston and coastal Texas, leaving the then-26-year-old Texan stranded in her flooded apartment. But what was ...

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is introducing new dialysis technology to treat infants with kidney failure. The Cardio-Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency Machine, called ...

An arteriovenous (AV) fistula connects an artery to a vein in your arm. This provides a stronger access point for the needles from a hemodialysis machine. If you have end stage kidney disease (ESKD), ...

Jay Donald Lasher (1929-2022) was a surgeon who served in the U.S. Navy, and then practiced in Erie, Pa. along with his father and brother. He was especially interested in kidneys and dialysis and ...

Competitions like the Kidney X Prize have spurred interest, but the payoffs aren’t lucrative enough to overcome the expensive hurdles in bringing a better dialysis machine to market. Himmelfarb knows ...

Chronic kidney disease, already a problem affecting millions of Americans, is only expected to become more prevalent as the country ages. For those with end-stage disease, a transplant is the ideal ...