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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The nephrology community is navigating an evolving landscape of kidney care transformation. Nephrologists and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among the top three barriers to home dialysis, cited independently by both patients and clinicians, is the need ...

A senior clinician has told how spending time gaming during the Covid pandemic led to the development of a virtual reality tool for at-home ...

In 2014, Amber Pettis felt nauseous and tired. She went to see her doctor because she thought she had a stomach bug. Instead, she learned she had kidney failure, a life-altering disease requiring long ...

A Virtual reality (VR) training tool is helping patients and families prepare for kidney dialysis at home.

Justin Pham had dropped 40 pounds without trying. The 29-year-old e-commerce manager was sneaking naps at work, barely eating, and gasping for breath walking from his car to the office. Even his urine ...

VIENNA — “We are going to change anemia treatment. We are going to change fistula control. The future is going to be AI (artificial intelligence),” declared Adrian C.M. Covic, MD, PhD, at the opening ...

Animal-to-human transplants – or xenotransplantation – is raising hopes among patients who can’t obtain healthy organs from other humans. Surgeons in March performed the world’s first successful ...

End stage kidney disease is a life-changing diagnosis, and among the many disruptions it brings is dialysis. The blood-cleansing process is complex, expensive, and time-consuming. It usually requires ...

Kidney disease affects millions globally, often reducing quality of life and daily functioning. In the United States, about 14% of adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to the National ...