According to Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche Holding AG on Sunday, late stage studies have shown that its new anemia drug CERA showed the drug worked on a once-monthly dose for dialysis patients. CERA -- which stands for continuous erythropoietin receptor activator -- acts to increase the...

-A reliable low-cost therapy to effectively control phosphate accumulation in the body of dialysis patients has been proven successful in clinical trials. Vitamin B3 or niacin, a vitamin tablet available for less than a dime, has been found...

AP - The shelves at Shifa Hospital's pharmacy are half empty. A shortage of anesthesia means surgeons can do only emergency operations. The kidney unit has cut back on dialysis because it's low on filters, and four of the unit's patients have died from a lack of medicine, officials say.

AP - Brown University medical student Jeremy Boyd leaned on the rail of Marian Thorpe's hospital bed and asked her about her collapse during dialysis. Then he asked whether she had any other medical conditions.

AP - Brown University medical student Jeremy Boyd leaned on the rail of Marian Thorpe's hospital bed and asked her about her collapse during dialysis. Then he asked whether she had any other medical conditions.