Do Nephrologists need MORE COMPASSION?

This is a very interesting article that pertains to anyone on dialysis or close to it. Please read and respond. Written by my sweet friend Dori Schatell. Do we need our nephrologists and health care teams to exercise more COMPASSION?? What do you think? http://homedialysis.org/…/102-nephrology-needs-more-compass…

Positive Clinical Data From ChemoCentryx Phase II Trial in Diabetic Nephropathy to be Presented at the 52nd Annual ERA-EDTA Congress

Positive Clinical Data From ChemoCentryx Phase II Trial in Diabetic Nephropathy to be Presented at the 52nd Annual ERA-EDTA Congress

Study identifies signal that prompts one kidney to grow larger when other is lost | Nephrology News & Issues

Study identifies signal that prompts one kidney to grow larger when other is lost | Nephrology News & Issues

New Treatment for PKD in Europe

http://pkdcure.org/news/treatment-for-adpkd-approved-in-europe

Interesting Article

http://www.renalweb.com/writings/MissingHalf.htm

Ten Issues Nephrologists Do Not Want To Discuss With Dialysis Patients (2014)

http://www.renalweb.com/writings/Ten_Issues.htm

Blessings

Wide variability in organ donation rates: Midwest leads nation in highest rates of donations | EurekAlert! Science News

Wide variability in organ donation rates: Midwest leads nation in highest rates of donations | EurekAlert! Science News  There's a bit of emotion here with me in that this article was co-written by University of Kansas or as we here in the area call it KUMed Center ~~ They have poor reputation by many former patients in regards to their Transplant Center.  Be cautious when dealing with them.  Blessings

Long but interesting article.

Blessings  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/16/74

Scientists reach breakthrough in membranous nephropathy research | Nephrology News & Issues

Scientists reach breakthrough in membranous nephropathy research | Nephrology News & Issues

Davita a free workplace????

Editor's note: One must ask how effective this "freedom" and engagement are if the company has had to pay nearly $1 billion over the last three years to settle whistleblower suits.

It is also a shame that DaVita patients are not allowed to participate.

As long as patients are not part of the "team," U.S. dialysis care will lag far behind other first-world countries as well as all other fields of medicine. By now, it should be obvious that Thiry's approach is not working and it only continues to marginalize patients.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/davita-healthcare-partners-certified-as-freedom-centered-workplace-by-worldblu-300088221.html