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HARRISBURG, Pa., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health, along with the National Kidney Foundation and the Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania, gave free kidney screenings today in Harrisburg. A total of nine organizations participated in the event, arranged for World Kidney Day. Visitors to the event were given information and educational materials, free blood pressure screenings and kidney health risk assessments. In addition, a...
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Edmund Tse, M.D., has been elected chief of staff at Huntington Memorial Hospital, effective immediately. A native of Hong Kong and a resident of San Marino, Dr. Tse now leads a medical staff of more than 800 active physicians in serving residents of the greater San Gabriel Valley and beyond. Dr. Tse is a diplomat of both the American Board and Nephrology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is currently a member of...
EXTON, Pa., Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for specialized biopharmaceutical issues, finds declining erythropoietic stimulating agents (ESAs) treatment prevalence in hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis, Stage 4 CKD and Stage 3 CKD patient populations. Physicians expect also continued declines over the next six months, according to a recent BioTrends survey of 306 U.S. nephrologists. (Logo:...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. and LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambulatory Services of America, Inc. (ASA) and its subsidiary, Innovative Dialysis Systems, announced today that they have acquired majority interests in six dialysis joint ventures and an acute dialysis program from Kidney Centers, Inc. (KCI) and affiliates of KCI. The six acquired dialysis facilities are located in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and provide care to more than 700 patients. The acute...
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) announced today the initiation of a Phase 2 study of Zerenex((TM)) (ferric citrate), the Company's ferric iron-based phosphate binder drug candidate, in managing serum phosphorus and iron deficiency in anemic patients with Stage 3 to 5 non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease ("NDD-CKD"). In the United States alone, over one and a half million people suffering from Stages 3 to 5 NDD-CKD have iron...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives of four local Innovative Dialysis facilities joined together on Sunday, October 21, to support the 2012 Los Angeles Kidney Walk in Pasadena. Together the "Southern CA Innovative Dialysis Facilities" team raised nearly $1,000 for the National Kidney Foundation. The facilities that took part in the event were: Kidney Care Center of the North Valley, Canyon Country Dialysis Center, Santa Clarita Kidney Center, and Northridge...
Low-Cost Lab Tests Help Slow a Disease Costing $60 Billion Annually WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There's little debate about one health care issue: Taking steps to control chronic kidney disease will save lives and money. That's especially true if you have diabetes or high blood pressure, which puts you at high risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Clinical laboratory tests to detect CKD cost less than $15 and could help you take steps to prevent kidney...
Equation may provide more accurate risk prediction of death, end-stage renal disease for patients with impaired kidney function Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., principal investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), is the author of an invited editorial in JAMA. The editorial accompanied a study that included data from more than 1 million adults, and indicated the use of a newer risk prediction equation that classified...
SEATTLE, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Kidney Centers has launched a campaign to raise $1.5 million of the $5 million needed to turn its 700 Broadway building into a comprehensive kidney resource center. The center supports the three key areas of the nonprofit's mission - patient care, education and research. Northwest Kidney Centers, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as the first dialysis organization in the world - has already raised $1.25 million thanks to...
Other efforts needed to boost kidney failure patients' low physical capacity Highlights Patients with kidney failure have relatively poor physical health. Frequent dialysis does not markedly improve kidney failure patients' overall physical capacity compared with conventional dialysis. Kidney failure is on the rise and currently afflicts 2 million people worldwide. Some recent observational studies suggest that more frequent hemodialysis may prolong kidney...
