Dialysis

When your kidneys are healthy, they clean your blood. They also make hormones that keep your bones strong and your blood healthy. When your kidneys fail, you need treatment to replace the work your kidneys used to do. Unless you have a kidney transplant, you will need a treatment called dialysis.
What is Dialysis?

Dialysis is a treatment method that replicates the function of the kidneys when they are failing. In healthy individuals, the kidneys work to filter and remove waste products, excess fluid, salts and toxins from the blood.

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Long COVID poses lasting health risks for young people

Long COVID poses lasting health risks for young people

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump

UCLA study identifies key protein driving kidney scarring

UCLA study identifies key protein driving kidney scarring

Rural hospitals and patients are disconnected from modern care

Rural hospitals and patients are disconnected from modern care

Rutgers geneticists uncover fresh insights into progression of polycystic kidney disease

Rutgers geneticists uncover fresh insights into progression of polycystic kidney disease

High blood pressure can lead to structural changes in the kidneys

High blood pressure can lead to structural changes in the kidneys

Concierge approach enables more people to receive kidney transplants and erases disparities

Concierge approach enables more people to receive kidney transplants and erases disparities

£2.2 million grant supports clinical trials for liver dialysis device

£2.2 million grant supports clinical trials for liver dialysis device

FDA-approved drug for chronic kidney disease may help mitigate antibiotic resistance

FDA-approved drug for chronic kidney disease may help mitigate antibiotic resistance

New research aims to unravel genetic mysteries of polycystic kidney disease

New research aims to unravel genetic mysteries of polycystic kidney disease

WHO and KSRelief commit to expanded health initiatives at Riyadh Forum

WHO and KSRelief commit to expanded health initiatives at Riyadh Forum

Study shows benefits of GLP-1 drugs for kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes

Study shows benefits of GLP-1 drugs for kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes

Pig kidney transplant patient completes recovery and returns home

Pig kidney transplant patient completes recovery and returns home

Peristaltic pumping motion found to trigger amyloid formation

Peristaltic pumping motion found to trigger amyloid formation

New genetic map offers hope for more precise diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease

New genetic map offers hope for more precise diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease

Pain coping skills training reduces pain and improves quality of life for dialysis patients

Pain coping skills training reduces pain and improves quality of life for dialysis patients

Climate change is pushing up rates of kidney disease and urological cancers

Climate change is pushing up rates of kidney disease and urological cancers

NHS introduces genetic test to help reduce kidney failure risk for black donors

NHS introduces genetic test to help reduce kidney failure risk for black donors

Nonpharmacologic pain intervention provides benefits to people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure

Nonpharmacologic pain intervention provides benefits to people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure

Breakthrough pig kidney transplant ends dialysis for Alabama woman

Breakthrough pig kidney transplant ends dialysis for Alabama woman

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