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  Sept. 5, 2008
Projected Path of Tropical Storm Hanna Targets Carolinas
Map from weather.com. Emergency resources for dialysis patients. Current emergencies from the Kidney Community Emergency Response Coalition. Press release from Kidney Care Partners.
Projected Path for Hurricane Ike
Map from weather.com. Tropical weather update from ESRD Network #7 (Florida).
Listing of Status of Gustav-Affected Dialysis Facilities
See listing from dialysisunits.com (select Louisianan from "state" pull-down menu).

Hurricane Gustav information from ESRD Network 13 (Includes Louisiana).
Hemodialysis Is Associated with a Pronounced Fall in Myocardial Perfusion
Advance Access abstract from Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.
NaphCare Scores Contract with Massachusetts Prison
News item from Birmingham Business Journal.
Anemia of Chronic Disease as a Harmful Disease State or Beneficial Adaptation
Review from the National Anemia Action Council. Original article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
NxStage Announces Blood Tubing Set Agreement with DaVita
Press release.
Intensive Lipid Lowering With Atorvastatin in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes, and Chronic Kidney Disease
Free, full-text article from Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Article from Reuters Health.
AAKP Honors Ironman Shad Ireland
Press release.
Two-Thirds of Adult Americans Willing to Pay Higher Taxes to Fund Chronic Disease Prevention Programs
Press release via Yahoo.
Tobacco Caused 2.4 Million U.S. Cancers: Report
Reuters article via Yahoo. 36-page report (pdf file) from the CDC.
FDA Orders Stronger Warnings for 4 Arthritis Drugs
AP article via Yahoo.
Outsourcing the Drug Industry (Amgen Does It)
Article from BusinessWeek.
Should Nurses Replace GPs as Frontline Providers of Primary Care?
Schools Receive Scholarships To Ease Nurse Shortage
ESRD Open Door Forum Scheduled for Sept. 18
The focus of this ESRD Open Door Forum will be the implementation of the new ESRD Conditions of Coverage through the survey and certification process. The effective date of these new regulations is October 14, 2008.
Extra Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans To Total $8.5 billion in 2008

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