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Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Rarely Use Hospice

A recent study shows that Medicare’s policy of precluding “curative” care in hospice is largely to blame
Posted on June 22, 2018 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

End-stage renal disease is a life-limiting illness in which the kidneys are no longer functioning, or are functioning so poorly that they can no longer do their job. In the absence of a kidney transplant, people with this condition require … Continue reading →

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The Endless Waiting of End Stage Renal Disease

Thousands of people are living on borrowed time awaiting a kidney transplant
Posted on August 14, 2017 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

End stage renal disease is the medical term for kidney failure, a condition that happens when the kidneys are no longer able to filter excess fluid and waste products from the blood. Untreated kidney failure is uniformly fatal. Other than … Continue reading →

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