Five new dialysis machines are being added to the Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook. Government has set ...

Only someone who has experienced the need for dialysis – for themselves, family or friends – can truly understand the toll traveling to a center three times a week or more takes. In an ...

Thus, the creation of new dialysis machines must take into account all those features that might affect the final outcome, or at least contribute towards the concept of performing cardioprotective ...

We have moved from HD machines simply allowing extracorporeal circulation to high technological medical devices capable of very precisely controlling ultrafiltration, dialysis dose, the patient's ...

If he didn’t need dialysis, Thomas says, he could more easily work normal hours and travel. He wouldn’t have the stress that accompanies a machine malfunction or have to plan his entire life ...

An adapted intermittent hemodialysis machine measures and mixes acid–bicarbonate and ultra-pure water into dialysate in desired quantities. Bicarbonate-based dialysate can more efficiently ...

“We have to be that hope.” After years of work, Himmelfarb and Ratner brought their revolutionary new dialysis device, called AKTIV (Ambulatory Kidney to Increase Vitality), just inches from clinical ...

Inside the machine the blood and dialysis fluid ... but will help maintain the health of the patient. Finally, dialysis will only work for a limited amount of time before a transplant is needed ...

That left her with little energy after work. Dialysis in a clinic began in October ... even allowing them freedom to travel with their machines. “A lot of the general population still does ...

ONE of the main diseases that lifestyle contributes to is diabetes which leads to kidney disease, says Dr Robin Sios.