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Aug 16, 2016 07:50 PM EDT

86-Year-Old Grandmother Locked Inside Dialysis Clinic

An 86-year-old woman was locked and forgotten in a dialysis clinic for hours last Saturday.

Nov 13, 2015 12:54 PM EST

Nanotechnology Paves Way For Implantable Artificial Kidney

A team of researchers have created a surgically implantable, artificial kidney that performs all the functions of a typical human kidney, and it replaces the need for traditional dialysis and kidney transplants among patients.

Feb 23, 2015 10:39 PM EST

A Diet High In Red Meat May Be Linked To Kidney Failure

New findings published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology show that a diet high in animal proteins, or red meat, can worsen the progression of the health problem.