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News Features
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020
Late Breaking News
- Northwest Kidney Centers Names Rebecca Cofinas Fox President and CEO
Press release. - UL Study Reveals ‘Identical’ Survival for Kidney Dialysis Patients Using Different Treatments
Press release from the University of Limerick. Free, full-text, Advance Article from NDT.
News Headlines
- ASN Leader Proposes Solutions to National Organ Shortage
Article from Kidney News Online. Addressing the Organ-Donation Crisis (13-page pdf) proposal from the Day One Project web site. - Forced Organ Harvesting: “This Is Beyond Understanding”
Article from Health Europa. - To Include or Not Include: Renal Dialysis Policy in the Era of Universal Health Coverage
Free, full-text article from The BMJ. - Randomized Controlled Trial of Difelikefalin for Chronic Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients
Free, full-text, Article in Press from Kidney International Reports. - Simple Test Identifies Patients at High Risk for Future Dialysis or Transplant
Press release from UCSF. New Online abstract from JAMA Internal Medicine. - Anion Gap Predicts Early Mortality after Starting Hemodialysis in the Elderly
First Online abstract from Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. - Safety and Efficacy of Using Nuts to Improve Bowel Health in Hemodialysis Patients
Article in Press abstract from Journal of Renal Nutrition.
- Accepted Articles Abstracts from Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis:
- Oral Bisphosphonate Use and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Moderate? Severe (Grade 3B-5D) Chronic Kidney Disease: a Population-Based Cohort Study
Accepted Article abstract from Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. - Histamine: An Unexpected Defender against Heart and Kidney Damage
Press release from the University of Tsukuba. - Blood Pressure Drug Linked to Lower Risk of Gout
Press release from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
- Articles from Medscape Nephrology (registration required):
Health-Related News
- FDA Announces Key Actions to Advance Development of Novel Coronavirus Medical Countermeasures
FDA news release.
- Health Plans Expect to Offer Generic Drugs by 2022
Article from HFMA.
Medicare-Related News
Dialysis Care Reform
- The Golden Age of Dialysis Care (2019)
- The Dialysis Machine
by Anne Kim - John Oliver on U.S. Dialysis Care (YouTube video)
- Why U.S. Dialysis Care Has Been Stagnant
- Understanding Tassin
- Nephrologists Can’t Have It Both Ways (2015)
- Ten Issues Nephrologists Do Not Want To Discuss with Dialysis Patients (2014)
- The Missing Half of Excellence in
Dialysis Care 2013) - Human-Centered Care (2013)
- New Views (2008)