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Renal Ventures Opens Clinic in Plano

PLANO, Texas—Renal Ventures Management LLC has opened a new dialysis clinic in Plana, Texas. ...More
October 13, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Robot Helps Student with Rejected Kidney Attend Class

A Texas high school freshman can’t go to school with his classmates because his body is rejecting his kidney transplant and compromising his immune system; however, a robot has been helping him attend class virtually in order to add some semblance of normalcy to his life. ...More
January 19, 2011
Posted in Blog, Business, Practice Management
Study: Private Insurers Control Spending Better than Medicare

HOUSTON—Private insurers appear to be more effective in controlling health are spending differences between two Texas cities than Medicare, according to researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health. ...More
December 10, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Surgeons Study Safety of a New, Less Invasive Technique for Kidney Donation

HOUSTON—Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are studying a new way to make kidney donation safer, less invasive and almost scar free for women by using a new technique that removes kidneys transvaginally. ...More
June 22, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Depressed CKD Patients More Likely to Face Complications

DALLAS—Patients with chronic kidney disease who have been diagnosed with depression are twice as likely to be hospitalized, progress to long-term dialysis treatments or die within a year as those who are not depressed, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found. ...More
May 20, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Urinary Protein Test Diagnoses Kidney Damage from Lupus

DALLAS—Simple urine tests for four proteins might be able to detect early kidney disease in people with lupus, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study ...More
February 16, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Satellite WellBound Opens New Self-Care Dialysis Center in Houston

HOUSTON—Satellite Healthcare announced Nov. 5 that it has opened WellBound of Houston, which is its 16th self-care dialysis center. ...More
November 6, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Medical School Enrollment Rises to Meet Physician Need

WASHINGTON—Enrollment in both new and existing U.S. medical schools continues to expand to meet the nation’s need for more doctors, according to data released Oct. 21 by the Association of American Medical Colleges. ...More
October 21, 2009
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Resveratrol May Protect Against Diabetes

Resveratrol, a naturally produced molecule found in the skin of red grapes, may offer protection against diabetes. ...More
October 15, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Group Receives $2M to Research Wireless Patient Monitoring

HOUSTON—A team of wireless researchers and doctors from Rice University and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute have won a $2 million federal grant to design and test next-generation wireless platforms and remote patient monitoring devices in Houston's working-class ...More
October 14, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

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