National Kidney Foundation targets 50% home dialysis by 2020

The NKF of Singapore, that is! It’s National Kidney Month here in the US. How amazing would it be to see the US NKF—or any part of the US—set a target for home therapies? That’s the first step toward improvement, as we noted in this blog post. Read the story.

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• Lost in Transplantation: A Living Donor’s Perspective – 03/05 – Eldonna Edwards
• Hearts in the Crossfire: Standard Hemodialysis Stuns Organs—But, There is Hope! – 02/26 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• Mark Your Calendar Now for Next Year’s Annual Dialysis Conference in Seattle! – 02/19 – Dr. John Agar
• Paying for Home Dialysis: A Brief Primer – 02/12 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW

Pipeline Technology

• This machine could be a home dialysis game changer
• Michigan company trials PD support via iPad
• More WAK facts

Home Dialysis in the News

• Even in nursing homes, daily HD is dramatically better than thrice weekly

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Kidney failure doesn’t keep Maddy down!

Industry Updates

• Bigger revenues; smaller losses
• Guess who’s opened two more home-friendly dialysis clinics?

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• More reasons to use PD fluid with less sugar
• To stop PD catheter migration: location, location, location
• On PD, less inflammation linked with longer survival

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MEI Executive Director interviewed for radio show

Wonder how to live well with dialysis? This interview with Dori Schatell, MS, by Arlene Mullin of Dialysis Advocates will give you tips and explain MEI resources. http://dialysisadvocates.com/radio-show-dori-schatell-living-dialysis-patients-family/