Portable dialysis machines on the horizon at Straightfromthedoc

Portable dialysis machines have been recently approved by the FDA. Currently, people have to go to dialysis centers several times per week. If at-home dialysis takes off, many lives of those with kidney failure will change: When Karen Everts wants to go camping, kidney failure no longer slows her down: She simply rolls the first portable hemodialysis machine out of her kitchen and into her motor home, ready to hook up [...] Read More


On the horizon: A portable CPR machine at Straightfromthedoc

A portable chest compressor does CPR better than paramedics: "We're probably not compressing hard enough," said Dr. Paul Pepe, chair of Emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. "We're probably not compressing fast enough, and we're probably interrupting to give breaths too often to be effective, or as effective as we could be." The solution, say some paramedics, is a new portable chest compressor. Once the victim has been strapped [...] Read More


Renal Soultions, Inc.'s Allient® Sorbent Hemodialysis System, Granted 510(k) Clearance by the USFDA for Chronic and Acute Hemodialysis at Straightfromthedoc

Renal Solutions, Inc. recently announced that the USFDA recently granted 510(k) clearance of the Allient® Sorbent hemodialysis System, including the SORB™ series and HISORB™ series cartridges, for chronic and acute hemodialysis applications. Renal Solutions, Inc. is the exclusive provider of advanced sorbent hemodialysis products and services for treatment of patients with renal failure. "Our new approval further demonstrates that Renal Solutions is on the leading edge of innovation and improvement in hemodialysis [...] Read More


Kidney Failure Rates Rise With Diabetes at Daily Diabetic

As cases of Type 2 diabetes increase, so do the instances of kidney failure. People are entering dialysis at younger ages than ever before, and medical professionals look to the rising rates of Type 2 diabetes as the primary cause. Jill Bennett, nurse manager at the Western New York Kidney Center in Kenmore, where Hetzel is treated, said the center has grown to treat about 80 patients per week at 15 [...] Read More


New York Dialysis Patients Receive 'Worst' Care at Daily Diabetic

According to recent statistics, patients undergoing dialysis in New York--most of them diabetics--receive some of the worst care in the country. It's a truly sobering revelation. At New York dialysis centers, those being treated are more likely to suffer from anemia and are less likely to have enough impurities and excess fluid removed from their blood, allowing more damage to their bodies, according to the records. Experts say the disparity is caused [...] Read More