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Category: Dialysis

Dialysis, Drugs, Health Costs, Insulin

Nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx is taking aim at the high insulin prices harming people with diabetes

May 10, 2022

Civica Rx, a non-profit that manufactures generic drugs, is planning to produce generic insulin for a price of no more than $30 for a month.

Dialysis, Fitness, Genetics, Weight Loss

Looking at our early human ancestors for insights into modern diseases

May 24, 2021

Our ancestors’ environment and diets, and the limits of our biology, have led to adaptations that have improved human survival through natural selection. But we remain prone to illness and disease anyway.

Dialysis, Health Policy

Dialysis Industry Spends Big To Protect Profits

August 22, 2019

In California, the dialysis industry spent about $2.5 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in the first half of this year in its ongoing battle to thwart regulation.

Dialysis

What The Trump Home Dialysis Plan Would Really Look Like

August 19, 2019

Home dialysis isn’t right for everyone. Seniors with bad eyesight, poor fine-motor coordination, or cognitive impairment generally can’t undertake this therapy.

Dialysis

Using Obamacare Authority, Trump Aims To Shift Dialysis Care To Patients’ Homes

July 11, 2019

The initiative aims to increase the number of patients getting dialysis at home and double the annual number of kidneys available for transplants.

Dialysis, Health Costs, Health Insurance, Kidney, Medicaid, Medicare

Ballot initiative seeks to limit dialysis centers’ profits

August 10, 2018

The question is whether a California ballot initiative to limit the profit of dialysis clinics will protect lives or end them.

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