Rampant Malpractice and Safety Hazards Found in Kidney Dialysis Centers
ProPublica, the investigative reporting group, is publishing a series on the quality of care the nation’s 400,000 dialysis patients get, and it’s not pretty. The basic conclusion: “Taxpayers spend more...
View ArticleFewer central line infections in ICU, but not in other wards
The number of bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) caused by tubes inserted into major blood vessels decreased significantly between 2001 to 2009, but unacceptably high rates of...
View ArticleProblems with Kidney Dialysis Put Patients at Risk
For people whose kidneys no longer function well enough to process waste products or maintain proper levels of certain chemicals in the bloodstream, kidney dialysis is the only treatment except for...
View ArticleFDA Supports Pradaxa, But Many Doctors Don’t
The blood-thinning drug Pradaxa has starred in a long-running drama with hundreds of adverse event reports, scores of lawsuits and more than 500 deaths. Introduced in 2010 as an option to Coumadin...
View ArticleWhy Should Organ Donors Suffer for Their Selflessness?
In addition to their willingness to undergo a potentially risky invasive procedure for the benefit of someone else, living organ donors also are financially generous. Their out-of-pocket expenses...
View ArticleDialysis May Not Be the Best Choice for Older People with Kidney Failure
Dialysis is a life-saving process that filters impurities from the blood when the kidneys no longer are able to perform that vital function. But a lot of older people whose conditions require kidney...
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For diabetics and dialysis patients, glimmers of better news on costs of care
Diabetics and those with failing kidneys may have gotten a glimmer of relief from the staggering costs of caring for their conditions, as Big Pharma relented a tad with news it will put out a...
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Will GOP attack on Obamacare foil good plans to better kidney disease care?
More than 37 million Americans who suffer from chronic kidney disease soon may see big changes in the way their disabling condition gets treated, potentially also reducing the $100 billion that the...
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Lawmakers order schools to give teens more time for California dreaming
If millions of young folks in the nation’s largest state seem even sunnier than before, that may be because they are getting a wee bit more needed shut eye: California has become the first state in the...
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