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  Mar. 11, 2010
Study: Kidney Disease a Big Risk for Younger, Low-Income Minorities
News release from the American Society of Nephrology.

Today is World Kidney Day: "Protect Your Kidneys, Control Diabetes"
WKD is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. The 2010 campaign focuses on Diabetes, the leading cause of Chronic Kidney Disease. See these links:

In UK, Fresenius Medical Care Announces Rollout of Online Hemodiafiltration Across its UK Clinics
Press release via CisionWire.
Annual Dialysis Conference 2010: The Take Home Message of Myocardial Stunning
Blog entry by Peter Laird, MD from Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle.
What’s New at ADC - An Update from Seattle
Blog entry by Jim Smith from Dialysis from the Sharp End of the Needle.
The Improbable Journey: PD Patient Sails Solo Across Atlantic
Press release from Baxter.
Oklahoma Medicaid Cuts Threaten Dialysis Facilities
Article from Tulsa World.
Washington State Man Needing Kidney Transplant Finds State Program a Hindrance
Article from the Yakima Herald.
''Friended' for Life: A Kidney That Made Facebook History
Article from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
FDA Safety Alert: WinRho SDF (Rho(D) Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human): Risk of Intravascular Hemolysis
Notice from MedWatch.
The Cost of Starting and Maintaining a Large Home Hemodialysis Program
Advance online abstract from Kidney International.
The Effects of Nocturnal Compared with Conventional Hemodialysis on Mineral Metabolism: A Randomized-Controlled Trial
Early View abstract from Hemodialysis International.
Use of 3-hour Daily Hemodialysis and Paricalcitol in Patients with Severe Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Series
Early View abstract from Hemodialysis International.
Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes
Advance online abstract from Kidney International.
Efficacy and Safety of SBR759, a New Iron-Based Phosphate Binder
Advance online abstract from Kidney International.
Immunological Risk in Recipients of Kidney Transplants from Extended Criteria Donors
Advance Access abstract from NDT.
Senators Durbin, Cochran Introduce Legislation to Help Organ Transplant Patients
Press release from the National Kidney Foundation.
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Free, full-text editorial from Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease.
China's Dialysis Procedures Tightened in Wake of Hepatitis Infections
NY Congressmen Urge Use of Transonic Systems Hemodialysis Surveillance
More Than 130 People on a Wait List for Hemodialysis in Kyrgyzstan
Kidney Transplants in Nepal: Most Donors Are Women, Recipients Men
Vaccination, Prevention Is Beating Back Hepatitis
The Missing Voice of Patients in Drug-Safety Reporting
Free, full-text perspective piece and press release from The New England Journal of Medicine.
Health Care Volunteers and Disaster Response — First, Be Prepared
Free, full-text perspective piece and other related article from The New England Journal of Medicine.
The GHESKIO Field Hospital and Clinics after the Earthquake in Haiti — Dispatch 3 from Port-au-Prince
Free, full-text perspective piece from The New England Journal of Medicine.
CDC Expands Flu Shot Recommendations
Safety Foundation Report Calls for Changes to Medical Education
Alternative to Statins Shows Promise
Senate Delays Medicare Physician Pay Cut Until October 1; Extends COBRA
News summary from HFMA and Kaiser Health News.
Obama Administration Announces New Effort to Crack Down on Waste and Fraud

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