KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
Discussing Sexual Function with Dialysis Patients: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers
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Sexual dysfunction in people with kidney failure is common, due to physical and psychological factors.
Published on 06/05/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
A Vision for the Future of Kidney Replacement Therapy
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At a wonderful ESAO conference held in Bergamo (Italy) I received a vision that I’d like to share with you.
Published on 03/27/2025 by Fokko Wieringa, PhD
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Going Down the Xenotransplant Rabbit Hole (Part 2)
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53-year-old woman from Alabama who received a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig in New York on November 25th 2024 is doing well—and so is the transplant
Published on 02/06/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Down the Rabbit Hole of Xenotransplantation (Part One)
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In recent years, exciting work has been making mainstream media headlines regarding animal-to-human (xeno) transplants. If you’d like to see some of the stories, I suggest reading:
Published on 01/09/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Happy Thanksgiving
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We all know that as each year passes, this holiday (and all of the others) become bittersweet, as we lose people we love.
Published on 11/28/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,