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Ariz. Lab Receives Funds to Study Kidney Disease

PHOENIX—Science Foundation Arizona has received $2.2 million in stimulus funds to build a biosignature laboratory that will study kidney disease, lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. ...More
November 1, 2010
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Researchers Study Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Link

Northern Arizona University researchers are using nearly $1.3 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue with the world's longest-running study on obesity and Type 2 diabetes. ...More
February 15, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Taxi Driver Donates Kidney to Passenger

PHOENIX—An Arizona taxi driver has decided to donate his kidney to a regular passenger who he takes to dialysis treatments three to four times a months, according to a story by the Associated Press. ...More
August 25, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Dialysis Triathlete Takes Message Cross Country

As Shad Ireland rode his bike into Arizona in mid May, he was greeted by scorching triple-digit heat. Not a complete surprise for the desert-dwelling locals, but not the desired welcome for a dialysis patient riding more than 4,000 miles cross country to raise awareness of ...More
May 21, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
DaVita partners with Southwest Kidney Institute

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DaVita Inc. said Jan. 4 that it has formed a partnership with the Southwest Kidney Institute to provide dialysis, vascular access services, chronic kidney disease education and research to the greater Phoenix area. The partnership will own and operate ...More
February 29, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Undocumented Immigration & Dialysis

U.S. healthcare system has been put in the middle of a debate as undocumented immigrants continue to flood across the borders in search of work. Should the system care for them? It’s a financial as well as an ethical question. Undocumented immigrants do burden the ...More
January 5, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
FDA lifts Gambro alert

WASHINGTON—The Gambro can start importing its Phoenix and Prismaflex machines into the United States after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted its import alert on the machines, according to a company press release. In January 2006, the FDA sent Sweden-based Gambro ...More
October 1, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
FDA lifts Gambro import alert

WASHINGTON—Gambro can start importing its Phoenix and Prismaflex machines into the United States again after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted its import alert on the machines, according to a company press release today. ...More
August 29, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Arizona to cover immigrant’s dialysis costs

Legal and undocumented immigrants with kidney disease in Arizona are ensured access to dialysis care after the state settled a lawsuit in February. The matter naturally comes down to money and who is going to pay for the service. One step deeper, however, and the issue at ...More
May 1, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

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