The growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has been a major driver of demand for ...

Two liver dialysis machines made by Fresenius Medical Care and Gambro don't extend the lives of patients with liver failure, according to studies presented at the International Liver Congress in ...

Siddiqui et al. investigated the frequency of renal function recovery among 201 adults, most of whom had chronic renal failure, who were on dialysis in Scotland for more than 90 days. Residual renal ...

Patients on kidney dialysis now have another option -- a portable machine than can go almost anywhere. Joyce and Ken Eiler had to give up on traveling to dog shows with their prize-winning Samoyeds ...

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 ...

I saw an article this week on the MIT Technology Review Web site about a liver dialysis machine that Mayo Clinic is working on. It sounds pretty innovative. Nothing like this is in use now, but other ...

When Denise Atkinson and her husband Mike wanted to take a cruise to the Bahamas last January, they knew they could only do it if Cindy came along. But that wasn’t a major problem – after all, Cindy ...