As patients and nephrologists review individual clinic reports, a few themes can be gleaned immediately. First, one could conclude that all mortality and hospitalization rates in all clinics, ...

Kidney disease is the 9th leading killer in the USA. Over 2 million patients worldwide are currently on dialysis with millions of patients trying to decide if dialysis is the best treatment. If kidney ...

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly different blood concentrations ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

Survival is better in African Americans on dialysis than in white patients, even though in the general population African Americans have higher mortality and are at higher risk of renal failure. Crews ...

In November 2010, the journalism site Propublica launched an online tracker to provide the public with greater access to data on outcomes in dialysis clinics across the United States. This is an ...

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients ...