kidney patients

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Officials with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it won't change its payment policy on erythropoiesis stimulating agents used to treat anemia in kidney patients.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it likely won't change its payment policy on erythropoiesis stimulating agents used to treat anemia in kidney patients.

It started with a tragedy and ended with a priceless gift to 14 people.

Using coronary angiography to test whether a patient's heart is fit enough to undergo kidney transplant is not as dangerous as once thought, researchers found.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of kidney transplant waitlist patients over age 60 are at risk to die before they receive a deceased-donor organ, researchers found.

LONDON (AP) -- Scientists have grown blood vessels for kidney patients from their own cells, making it easier and safer for them to use dialysis machines, a new study says....