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Stories from the dialysis comunity across the globe.
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National Kidney Foundation launches free magazine for CKD patients. |
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NKF: Kidney Living is the National Kidney Foundation's FREE magazine for dialysis patients! Each issue will feature stories from people who are living well on dialysis, as well as tips for coping with kidney disease, healthy eating, finding support, and so much more. Kidney Living is free! Our first issue will be published in Fall 2012. The first 2,000 subscribers will get a FREE gift! Subscribe today!
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Asahi recalls certain lots of Rexeed dialyzers. |
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Nephrology News: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class II recall of some lots of the Asahi Kasei Rexeed 15SX hemodialyzer dialysis filters. Asahi said they became aware of adverse events that may be associated with a manufacturing change to certain lot numbers of the products, but they said there is no sufficient information to date to conclusively link these adverse events to the products. The following lot numbers are affected: 194349, 193T45, 193U46, 194H4R, 294S59, 295V68, 295Z5L, 29626X, and 296J6U
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USRDS Annual Data Report now available. |
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USRDS: This year's Annual Data Report features more extensive analyses of the Part D prescription drug plans, rehospitalization rates and cardiovascular disease in the CKD and ESRD populations. Click on a title to view a PDF of each chapter. PDF's, MS Excel files and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded by choosing the appropriate icon to the right of each chapter. Click here for information to order the printed ADR and CD
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Cost-efficacy of diabetes screening called into question. |
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Health Day News: Over an average follow-up of nearly 10 years, the overall death rates in the groups that had diabetes screening were no lower than in the group that had no screening. There also was no significant difference between the groups in the number of deaths specifically from diabetes, cardiovascular illness, cancer or other causes. The study appears Oct. 3 in the journal The Lancet.
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UCSF artificial kidney program receives private donor funding. |
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UCSF: A $750,000 gift from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation is spurring a UCSF-led effort to create the first implantable artificial kidney for patients with kidney failure. The new funds, which augment a $2.25 million grant for the project from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) this summer, will enable the team of bioengineers, physicians and scientists to conduct the critical research needed to bring the proposed device to clinical trials by 2017.
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