Dialysis Firm Sees'Balanced' Impact From GLP-1 Drugs Dialysis Firm Sees'Balanced' Impact From GLP-1 Drugs
The world ' s leading dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care sees a ' balanced ' impact of the GLP-1 diabetes and weight-loss drugs on its patients.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip
1 November 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes Egypt’s decision to accept 81 injured and sick people from the Gaza Strip for treatment.
WHO has been working to support the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population in planning and establishing a comprehensive triage, stabilization, and medical evacuation system, by providing ongoing training for health care staff. WHO is also working with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society to ensure that psychological trauma support services are available to patients.
Our experts have visited Al-Arish, visited medical evacuation facilities and met with medical staff an...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 1, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycare centres is over, Alberta Health Services says
The E. coli outbreak left 38 kids and one adult hospitalized. Doctors diagnosed 23 patients with severe illness or hemolytic uremic syndrome while eight received peritoneal dialysis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Public Inspection: Medicare Program: End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals with Acute Kidney Injury, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating and revising the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2024 and updates the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury (AKI). This rule also updates requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and the ESRD Treatment Choices Model. These regulations are effective January 1, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Cruise Line Found Negligent About COVID; Dialysis Machine Recall; MRI Injures Nurse
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An Australian court ruled that cruise operator Carnival was negligent in its duty of care to passengers during the early days of the pandemic. (AP)
The Environmental... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
As Gaza ’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for ...
24 October 2023 – WHO remains unable to distribute fuel and essential, life-saving health supplies to major hospitals in northern Gaza due to lack of security guarantees. WHO calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire so health supplies and fuel can be delivered safely throughout the Gaza Strip.
Some of the facilities waiting for WHO supplies and fuel in northern Gaza include Al-Shifa hospital, where bed occupancy is already close to 150%. Last night, the Indonesian Hospital was forced to shut down some critical services due to lack of fuel, and is now running with limited functionality. The Turkish Friendship H...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 24, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
New Calculator Tool Estimates Fracture Risk on Dialysis New Calculator Tool Estimates Fracture Risk on Dialysis
Calculator uses readily available clinical factors and will soon be freely accessible.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - October 23, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Northeast Georgia Health's venture fund bets on dialysis disruptor
Northeast Georgia Health System is one of the few hospitals in the state with a venture fund. Its latest investment could improve care for chronically ill patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rebecca Grapevine Source Type: news
How to Deprescribe Dialysis After Patients Leave the Hospital
(MedPage Today) -- Decreasing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a national priority formalized by the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative. Increased attention to dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury (AKI-D) may be an important step toward... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - October 19, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Breakthrough in treatment for world ’ s leading cause of kidney failure in children
A potential treatment for the world ’ s leading cause of kidney failure in children needing dialysis has been discovered by an international team of scientists. The University of Bristol-led breakthrough is published today [19 October] in Med. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - October 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research, International; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Ardelyx had sales team, launch plan ready to go before dialysis drug approval
Ardelyx Inc. CEO Mike Raab was pretty confident that his company's dialysis drug would be approved. By the time the U.S. Food and Drug Administration handed down its decision late Tuesday, Waltham-based Ardelyx had already hired around 60 salespeople. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news
FDA Approves First Phosphate Absorption Inhibitor for CKD
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the first-in-class phosphate absorption inhibitor tenapanor (Xphozah) to reduce serum phosphorus in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, developer Ardelyx announced on Tuesday.
An oral drug, tenapanor... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 18, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Ardelyx dialysis drug approved by FDA after appeal
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to a Waltham biotech's dialysis drug, just over two years after initially rejecting it. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news
Ozempic Study Shakes Up Market for Kidney and Insulin Treatments
American depositary receipts (ADRs) of Novo Nordisk (NOVO) jumped over 6% in early trading on Wednesday, while shares of kidney dialysis machine and insulin pump makers tumbled, after the drug maker halted a test of its Ozempic diabetes medicine because of its early success in treating kidney…#novonordisk #novo #dmc #ozempic #ckd #novonordisks #dva #baxterinternational #bax #dexcom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ozempic Kidney Trial Sinks Dialysis Stocks
Ozempic pens at a Novo Nordisk factory. Novo Nordisk is Europe's most-valuable listed company. (Charlotte de la Fuente for The Wall Street Journal) The weight-loss revolution is shaking another industry. Kidney-dialysis stocks sank Wednesday after Novo Nordisk (NVO), (DK: NOVO.B) said a trial…#novonordisk #charlottedelafuente #nvo #frankfurt #freseniusmedicalcare #xe #fre #fms #dva (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
