Dialysis

When your kidneys are healthy, they clean your blood. They also make hormones that keep your bones strong and your blood healthy. When your kidneys fail, you need treatment to replace the work your kidneys used to do. Unless you have a kidney transplant, you will need a treatment called dialysis.
What is Dialysis?

Dialysis is a treatment method that replicates the function of the kidneys when they are failing. In healthy individuals, the kidneys work to filter and remove waste products, excess fluid, salts and toxins from the blood.

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Breakthrough pig kidney transplant ends dialysis for Alabama woman

Breakthrough pig kidney transplant ends dialysis for Alabama woman

Scientists identify potential therapeutic targets for diabetic kidney disease

Scientists identify potential therapeutic targets for diabetic kidney disease

CMS introduces new payment model to improve kidney transplant outcomes

CMS introduces new payment model to improve kidney transplant outcomes

GLP-1 receptor agonists prove effective for kidney and cardiovascular outcomes

GLP-1 receptor agonists prove effective for kidney and cardiovascular outcomes

More than half of all US adults are eligible for semaglutide therapy

More than half of all US adults are eligible for semaglutide therapy

UBC researchers develop coating to make medical devices safer for patients

UBC researchers develop coating to make medical devices safer for patients

The global challenge of weight-related issues in kidney disease

The global challenge of weight-related issues in kidney disease

Vitamin K2 reduces the frequency, intensity, and duration of nighttime leg cramps

Vitamin K2 reduces the frequency, intensity, and duration of nighttime leg cramps

Elucidating the mechanisms behind kidney development

Elucidating the mechanisms behind kidney development

Diabetes drug semaglutide proves beneficial for patients with chronic kidney damage and obesity

Diabetes drug semaglutide proves beneficial for patients with chronic kidney damage and obesity

Understanding climate change effects on end stage kidney disease patients

Understanding climate change effects on end stage kidney disease patients

Scurvy may be making a comeback amid economic strain

Scurvy may be making a comeback amid economic strain

Geriatric Surgery Verification program reduces rates of death after surgery

Geriatric Surgery Verification program reduces rates of death after surgery

Mountain town confronts an unexpected public health catastrophe

Mountain town confronts an unexpected public health catastrophe

Study suggests chain fertility clinics improve IVF outcomes

Study suggests chain fertility clinics improve IVF outcomes

Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care

Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care

WHO reports alarming attacks on health care in Lebanon

WHO reports alarming attacks on health care in Lebanon

Could heparin offer new hope in the fight against dementia?

Could heparin offer new hope in the fight against dementia?

Ethnic and racial disparities in accessibility to kidney transplants

Ethnic and racial disparities in accessibility to kidney transplants

FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias

FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias

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