One of the promising solutions highlighted in the talk is peritoneal dialysis (PD), which can be performed at home with ...

Discover how Professor Mignon McCulloch's innovative strategies are transforming kidney disease treatment in Africa, ...

Chronic Kidney Disease Drives Treatment Demand: In the treatment category, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) accounts for 80.22% of global revenue. The surge is linked to rising cases of hypertension, ...

Prof Mignon McCulloch delivered the second inaugural lecture of the year at UCT last week, focusing on kidney diseases in Africa and beyond.

The machine is connected to a person's blood vessels (hemodialysis) or to their abdominal cavity (peritoneal dialysis) at regular intervals to carry out the filtering function of the kidneys. Kidney ...

He had to undergo dialysis treatment three times a week – up to 14 times a month – to stay alive. “With my meagre salary, I cannot afford so many dialysis treatments each month. I thought ...

Medicare covers dialysis and most treatments that involve end stage renal disease (ESRD) or kidney failure. When your kidneys no longer work naturally, your body enters into ESRD. Dialysis is a ...

The Food and Drug Administration March 14 released a notice on a nationwide shortage of hemodialysis tubes expected to last through early fall. On Jan. 8, B. Braun sent a letter to customers detailing ...