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Using Darbepoetin in Patients With Diabetes and CKD. TREAT Becomes Tricky
Black on Cardiology video blog from Medscape Cardiology. Provides summary of TREAT and CHOIR studies.
New Theory Shakes Accepted Ideas of Salt Balance and Hypertension
Berns on Nephrology video blog from Medscape Nephrology. Article abstract from Nature Medicine.
UK Prime Minister Pledges Care 'Revolution' — Includes Home Dialysis
Article from (UK) Press Association.
Older Peoples' Satisfaction with Home-Based Dialysis
Accepted article abstract from Nephrology.
CBS's Undercover Boss Includes TV's Best Portrayal of Dialysis Patient (i.e. Dialyzor)
Blog entry by Bill Peckham from Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle.

Editor's Note: CEOs, COOs, and nephrologists should consider this approach for ESRD care.
Systems Biology: Opening New Avenues in Clinical Research
Free, full-text, Advance Access editorial from NDT.
AMAG Pharma Safety Update on Feraheme Reassures
Article from Reuters.
Kidney Used in Deadly Transplant in Peru Obtained from Poor Donor
Article from Latin America Herald Tribune.
Warfarin and Vascular Calcification
Article from Renal Fellow Network.
How Dialysis Patients Manage in a Blizzard
Article from The Baltimore Sun.
Illinois Doctors, State Senators Lobbying for Presumed Consent
Article from the Peoria Journal Star.
Differences in Prescription Between Conventional and Alternative Hemodialysis
Accepted article abstract from Nephrology.
Drug-Resistant Pathogens Threaten ESRD Patients
Article from Renal & Urology News.
Fish Oil Supplementation Could Be Useful as First-Line Therapy to Lower Mortality in CKD Patients
Article from Renal & Urology News.
40,000 Die of Kidney Failure Annually in Bangladesh
Baxter Lobbying Budget Tops $1 Million for 4Q
Overhaul’s Failure Will Ignite U.S. Health Industry Mergers
Article from Bloomberg.
"Speed Dating" Matches Physicians, Patients
Article from American Medical News.
Call To End Exclusion of Elderly from Drug Trials
Even If You're Careful, Drugs Can End Up in Water
Study Shows How Medicare Rewards MDs for Overuse
Article from Reuters. Press release from the American Cancer Society.

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