The expected benefits of tight glycemic control in the presence of advanced kidney disease need to be weighed against the risk involved.

Most hemodialysis (HD) patients admitted to a long-term care hospital (LTCH) are either re-admitted to acute-care hospitals or require nursing home placement, according to researchers.

Patients who undergo nocturnal hemodialysis (NHD) experience significant decreases in serum phosphate compared with patients on conventional hemodialysis (HD), despite a reduction in the use of phosphate binders, according to Canadian researchers.

Obesity is associated with greater survival in African-American maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients compared with other races, according to a study.

Cardiovascular events are twice as likely to occur in highly fatigued patients, recent study shows.

Tenecteplase, a thrombolytic agent, is a safe and effective treatment for dysfunctional tunneled hemodialysis (HD) catheters, according to researchers.

Study finds that the drugs reduce left ventricular mass.

The company chartered a plane to deliver its donated supplies to the Dominican Republic, where nearly a dozen Haitians need dialysis because of acute kidney injuries from the earthquake.

Parathyroid gland enlargement may delay the response of secondary hyperparathyroidism to cinacalcet, Japanese researchers reported in Nephron Clinical Practice (2009; published online ahead of print).

Sickle cell trait (HbAS) is twice as prevalent among African Americans with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than in the general African-American population, data show.