A recent study out of Portugal found that incorporating acupuncture into dialysis treatments had noteworthy benefits for patients—and was quite comfortable despite the needles. Acupuncture treatments were administered simultaneously alongside dialysis treatments. In the study, “Integrating Acupuncture Into a Dialysis Center,” published in Healthcare in May, the authors note that there’s a growing interest in creating…
Acupuncture Improves Outcomes for Dialysis Patients: Study
Is Kidney Dialysis a Lifetime Burden?
Many people have developed kidney problems in recent years. Hong Kong movie star Richard Ng Yiu-hon, who just passed away on April 10 at 83, suffered from kidney failure in his later years and relied on kidney dialysis to survive. However, realizing dialysis’ many challenges, such as inconvenience, the chance of infection, neuropathy, and the…
California Hospital Refuses Transplant Surgery for Unvaccinated Woman With End-Stage Kidney Disease
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Even on a good day, Linda Garinger of Ramona, California, thinks about dying. Since she went on kidney dialysis two years ago, she’s had a heart attack and a cardiac episode associated with her thrice-weekly treatments. Her energy is low as her other vital organs slowly fail. Her blood pressure is out of…
10 Common Habits That Increase Risk of Kidney Dialysis
The trend of chronic kidney disease has been rising in the 21st century, affecting more than 10 percent of the population. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that one in seven Americans suffered from chronic kidney disease in 2021 (pdf). That same year, a total of 786,000 patients suffered kidney failure….
Preventing Kidney Disease
Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist. They sit below the rib cage on each side of the body. Kidneys filter blood. They remove waste products and water to make urine. They filter about a half cup of blood every minute. The kidneys also make substances that control your blood…
Chinese Patient With Kidney Failure Goes Online to Get Medical Treatment Amid Lockdown
A Chinese person with kidney failure had to go online to get urgently needed dialysis amid massive lockdowns imposed by the local authorities due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Li Wei, 31, is a resident of Xi’an City, in China’s northwestern Shaanxi Province, the ancient capital of the Qin Dynasty. He suffers from…
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