Tag: Dialysis
Improving patients’ quality of life with at-home dialysis
Hemodialysis machines look complicated, but Flynn Ramirez has no trouble hooking one up.
With the skill that comes from constant repetition, he attaches a fresh...
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton & Baxter Partner to Employ Technology to...
Dialysis patients living with chronic kidney disease face many challenges. In addition to the physical symptoms of the disease, further emotional strain and disruption...
Dr. Ron Wald researching best approach to dialysis
During his training as a nephrologist, Dr. Ron Wald became interested in conducting clinical trials to determine the best way to treat patients with...
Humber River dialysis: Giving to Guyana
Lenny Fernandez is making a difference in the lives of dialysis patients near and far. In addition to helping patients at Toronto’s Humber River...
New video designed to help dialysis patients cope
Lights! Camera! Action! It’s not exactly the phrase you’d expect to hear in The Scarborough Hospital’s Chronic Kidney Disease Program. Yet last month, a...
Improving outcomes for teenage dialysis patients
The BC Children’s Hospital renal program launched a transition clinic in 2007, with the goal of increasing survival rates among adolescents transferring from pediatric...