MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Dialysis is a life-saving medical treatment for people whose kidneys are no longer able to efficiently filter waste, toxins and excess fluids from the blood.

Peritoneal dialysis is a treatment option for kidney failure. It uses the lining of the abdomen, or peritoneum, to filter blood inside the body. A person can perform peritoneal dialysis at home, ...

Whether dialysis is the best option for kidney failure and, if so, when to start, may deserve more careful consideration, according to a new study. For older adults who were not healthy enough for a ...

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End stage kidney disease is a life-changing diagnosis, and among the many disruptions it brings is dialysis. The blood-cleansing process is complex, expensive, and time-consuming. It usually requires ...

Hemodialysis is a procedure where excess fluids and waste products are filtered from the blood. It is done externally using a machine called a dialyzer. Millions of people in America have received a ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) occurs when the kidneys fail to filter waste as they typically do in a healthy body. Patients in the late stage of chronic kidney disease progress to end-stage renal ...

When kidneys fail, there are really only two paths forward. Dialysis or a transplant. And for most patients, that decision ...

As soon as she heard the Supreme Court decision, LaVarne Burton began to worry. As CEO of the nonprofit American Kidney Fund, she knew that the court’s ruling on Marietta v. DaVita last June — which ...

Dialysis is a lifesaving medical treatment for people whose kidneys can no longer efficiently filter waste, toxins and excess fluids from the blood. The term dialysis means to separate. In this health ...