California dialysis clinic requirements ballot initiative
The California Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative (2020) has obtained enough signatures to appear on the state’s ballot as an initiated state statute. To appear on the state’s ballot, a total of...
View ArticleNational Nurses Week
This is National Nurses Week here in the US. I have several close nurse friends and I wouldn’t give them up for anything. Here’s an email that I sent out to all of them yesterday: “Happy National...
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Dialysis and rat poison may not mix
A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that oral anticoagulation drugs like warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven) did not provide a reduced risk of death or stroke in...
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DaVita and Fresenius cooperate during COVID-19 pandemic
End-stage renal disease (ESRD; permanent and incurable kidney failure) patients on dialysis are among the most at-risk populations for contracting the COVID-19 virus during the current pandemic. Within...
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A promising COVID-19 blood test
Collectively, we desperately need to know how widespread the COVID-19 infectious disease is at various levels of granularity. For example, I need to know how widespread the disease is at the dialysis...
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How COVID-19 is treated in China
If you do nothing else to inform yourself about COVID-19, please watch this Rachel Maddow interview with Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times science and health reporter, about the Chinese approach to...
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COVID-19 and dialysis treatment facilities
As Italy moves to contain the coronavirus by “locking down” most of Lombardy, the country’s northern region, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shows no signs of slowing globally. The infection...
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Nextstrain open source virus tracking
A virus mutates as it spreads. Researchers and scientists track the changes as a virus mutates to examine its evolution and migration. The data collected by these efforts is being reported on the...
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John Oliver explains (and endorses) Medicare for all
Launching the seventh season of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver manages to explain Medicare-for-all in the clearest way imaginable. In 20 minutes. In a comedic format: John Oliver launches the seventh...
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Hope I die before I get old
People try to put us d‑down (talkin’ ’bout my generation) Just because we get around (talkin’ ’bout my generation) Things they do look awful c‑c-cold (talkin’ ’bout my generation) I hope I die before I...
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US District Court blocks enforcement of California AB 290
US District Court for the Central District of California Judge David O. Carter has blocked enforcement of California’s Assembly Bill 290 passed by both chambers of the California legislature on 10...
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2020 Social Security COLA; Medicare increases
On 10 October 2019, the US Social Security Administration announced its 2020 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA): A whopping 1.6 percent; an average increase of US$23.40 monthly. The Social Security...
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CMS finalizes 2020 ESRD rule
On 31 October 2019, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized changes to its rule for the end-stage renal disease (ESRD; permanent and incurable kidney failure) Quality...
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Frailty and hemodialysis recovery times
Big surprise: Frail hemodialysis patients take longer to recover from dialysis treatments than their stronger counterparts. That’s the key finding of researchers using the Predictors of Arrhythmic and...
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California caps corporate dialysis profits, imposes third-party reporting...
On 10 September 2019, Assembly Bill 290 passed both chambers of the California legislature capping the profits of corporate dialysis providers and imposing reporting requirements on third parties —...
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Create more value than you capture
Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media, has an enduring — yet seemingly simple — approach to business success: “Create more value than you capture.” It seems simple until either you or your...
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Diving and a day pass
This past Tuesday, 13 August 2019, I spontaneously decided to try out for the Olympic Diving Team. Visualizing perfect form, nailing the dive was all but certain. But then things went horribly wrong.…...
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CVS starts clinical trial of home dialysis system
On 17 July 2019, CVS Health — the large US pharmacy chain — said it would immediately begin a clinical trial of its home dialysis system, according to Caroline Humer writing for Reuters. Last year, CVS...
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Trump plans to overturn the kidney care industry apple cart
The Trump administration has set a goal of reducing end-stage renal disease (ESRD; permanent and incurable kidney failure) by 25 percent and doubling the number of kidneys available for transplant by...
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Stroke
Earlier this week, on the morning of Tuesday, 25 June 2019, I found myself unable to speak in any coherent form. I knew what I wanted to say, knew the words I wanted to use, but just couldn’t get it...
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