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Magazine: NxStage fastest growing Mass. company

Medical device company NxStage Medical has been recognized as the fastest growing company in Massachusetts for the second year in a row by the Boston Business Journal. ...More

September 25, 2008

Posted in News, Business

UK program issues CKD early detection guidelines

The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines to support the early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...More

September 25, 2008

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Kidneys from older donors do not last as long

Kidneys from older donors often do not survive long after transplantation because of certain structural dysfunctions that can occur as the kidney ages. ...More

September 25, 2008

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Number of U.S. ESRD patients exceeds 500,000

In 2006, more than 500,000 patients received some form of end-stage renal disease therapy in the United States, and Medicare spent nearly $23 billion to care for them, according to the U.S. Renal Data System’s 2008 Annual Data Report. ...More

September 19, 2008

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DaVita Diet Helper registers 6,000th patient

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—Dialysis provider DaVita said Sept. 18 its online, interactive nutrition tool DaVita Diet Helper recently registered its 6,000th user. ...More

September 18, 2008

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Nephros names new president, board chairman

NEW YORK—Medical device company Nephros Inc. has named Ernest A. Elgin III as the company’s new president and chief executive officer, and has appointed James S. Scibetta as the chairman of its board of directors. ...More

September 18, 2008

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DaVita sues Western Nephrology for breach of contract

DENVER- Total Renal Care Inc., a division of DaVita Inc., is suing Denver-area Western Nephrology and Metabolic Bone Diseases P.C. for allegedly striking a deal, before their 10-year contract ended, with competing company American Renal Associates Inc., according to the ...More

September 18, 2008

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

FDA fast tracks Proteon vascular access drug

WALTHAM, Mass.- Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration fast-track status for its PRT-201 drug used in patients on or preparing for hemodialysis. ...More

September 18, 2008

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Healthy people with high uric acid levels have increased kidney disease risk

WASHINGTON—Elevated uric acid levels in the blood indicate an increased risk of new-onset kidney disease, according to a study in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology. ...More

September 17, 2008

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Employers shifting healthcare costs to workers

NEW YORK - Employers are shifting healthcare cost onto their workers, despite lowering costs, the New York Times reported. ...More

September 17, 2008

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

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