When Fallon Bell was only 19 years old, she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, the same disease that both her mother and aunt lived with. Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, is when a person’s ...

Renal dialysis is the process of cleaning the toxins out of someone's blood when their kidneys quit working. Complicated machines remove a persons blood a little at a time and filter out the salt, ...

Fresenius Kidney Care’s new dialysis nurse residency program for graduate nurses, called the “first of its kind in dialysis” in a company press release, has supported more than 175 recent graduates.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Based on more than 20 years of experience, a speaker at ASN Kidney Week discussed the role of the home dialysis ...

Dialysis centers are facing shortages of the nurses that run the facilities and the technicians who operate the dialysis machines. Using a calculated risk score to monitor hemodialysis vascular access ...

At DaVita, we want our teammates to find the right role with flexible shifts to fit their lifestyle so they can grow their career, prioritize their well-being and reach their goals—inside and outside ...

Emily McIntire donated her kidney anonymously for her patient. Her kidney went to a 21-year-old on the donor list, and her patient was able to get someone else's. After the operation, they got in ...

A Maine VA facility’s dialysis center has been temporarily shut down for nearly a year, with officials citing the need for a nurse manager, Central Maine reports. All dialysis equipment has been moved ...