As patients and nephrologists review individual clinic reports, a few themes can be gleaned immediately. First, one could conclude that all mortality and hospitalization rates in all clinics, ...

Dialysis: In the case of kidney failure, dialysis becomes a life-saving procedure, but can a person live a normal life after dialysis? Let's learn from a doctor what effects dialysis has on the body, ...

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly different blood concentrations ...

Survival is better in African Americans on dialysis than in white patients, even though in the general population African Americans have higher mortality and are at higher risk of renal failure. Crews ...

In November 2010, the journalism site Propublica launched an online tracker to provide the public with greater access to data on outcomes in dialysis clinics across the United States. This is an ...