Pain coping skills training reduces pain and improves quality of life for dialysis patients
People undergoing hemodialysis treatment for kidney failure often experience chronic pain related to their condition, but it can be difficult ...
Tag: Dialysis
Nonpharmacologic pain intervention provides benefits to people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure
Among people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure, a form of psychological therapy called pain coping skills training reduced how much pain ...
Stretching vs. meditation: New study finds both practices reduce nocturnal muscle cramps in cirrhosis patients
A recent Liver International study investigates the effects of stretching and meditation on nocturnal muscle cramps in patients with cirrhosis. ...
California’s $25 health care hourly wage relies on federal boost, state worker exemption
California's nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers will rely on a significant boost in federal funding and exempt thousands ...
Hot climates worsen chronic kidney disease outcomes
Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared ...
Kidney transplantation turns back the clock on renal aging
In a recent study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers observe that kidney transplantation (KT) mitigates the effects of ...
California lawmakers approve nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers
A sweeping agreement between labor and the health industry would gradually raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of ...
An emerging target for chronic kidney disease treatment – DNA-PKcs
Around 10% of the global population is affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD). The risk of CKD progressing into end-stage ...
Henry Ford Health nephrologist-led study evaluates and validates vascular monitoring technology
Research led by Henry Ford Health's Lalathaksha Kumbar, M.D., evaluated and validated a remote access monitoring technology that can predict ...
Research reveals direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the mortality of hemodialysis patients
New research has revealed elevated risks of death during the COVID-19 pandemic for both COVID-19–positive and other patients on hemodialysis ...
