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CDC Honors Renal CarePartners Clinic for Prevention Efforts

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has honored Renal CarePartners of Woodbridge, Va., for its work in preventing serious healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) among dialysis patients. ...More

December 22, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

FDA Considers Limiting Anemia Drug Use for Kidney Disease

Because widely used anemia drugs may double the risk of stroke in patients with kidney disease, the Food and Drug Administration is considering new restrictions on them. On Thursday, the FDA posted a safety review of three medications from Amgen Inc., Epogen, Procrit, and ...More

October 14, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Healthy Blood Pressure May Help Some African Americans with Kidney Disease

Keeping blood pressure at a low level in African Americans with kidney disease may slow the progression of the condition in patients with proteinuria, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a national study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. ...More

October 14, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

DaVita Launches Series of Kidney Awareness Run/Walks

DENVER—DaVita Inc. announced that it has launched the 5th annual DaVita Kidney Awareness Run|Walk, a 10-city series of 5K events raising funds and awareness of chronic kidney disease across the nation. ...More

September 17, 2010

Posted in News, Business

HHS Awards $31 Million for Prevention, Wellness Projects

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $31 million for awards to 10 communities in eight states and one award to a state health department to support public health efforts to reduce obesity and smoking, increase physical activity and ...More

September 17, 2010

Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

Thought Leaders Convene for KidneyWise Summit

WASHINGTON—Several members of the U.S. Congress, a former U.S. Surgeon General, and thought leaders from corporate, nonprofit and government convened June 9 at the one-day KidneyWise National Summit to address the critical need to re-think prevention of chronic kidney ...More

June 16, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Hypertension Control Improving, Prevalence Not Decreasing

CHARLESTON, S.C.—About 50 percent of patients with hypertension have adequate control of their blood pressure, meeting a goal of Healthy People 2010, but the rate of hypertension in the United States has not decreased in recent years, according to a study in the May 26 ...More

May 26, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Number of Americans Willing to Donate Organs Rises

According to a new survey by Donate Life America, 43 percent of people are undecided, reluctant or do not wish to have their organs and tissue donated after their deaths. While an improvement over findings from a similar survey last year in which 50 percent reported the ...More

April 6, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

HHS Funding for Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs

WASHINGTON —Older Americans with chronic diseases can learn how to manage their conditions and take control of their health using the $27 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...More

March 31, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

Donating Kidney May Not Increase Long-Term Risk of Death

An analysis of outcomes for live kidney donors in the United States over a 15-year period finds they have similar long-term survival rates compared to healthy individuals who were not kidney donors, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA. ...More

March 10, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

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