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Medical Problems, In Confidence

I'm the manager in charge of a new sales team at my company, and a guy on the team told me that for the first six weeks of training, he had been cutting his kidney dialysis short to make it to work by 8 a.m. During the next six months,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Team management, Where's The Line?, Dialysis, medical condition, job, Human Resources, team

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Know Your Number: Are You Getting Adequate Hemodialysis?

Dialysis keeps people with kidney failure healthy longer. If they get the right type and amount of dialysis, they probably will feel better and less tired, have a better appetite and less nausea and have fewer hospital stays and live longer. Dialysis takes waste products and extra fluid out of...

Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, appetite

White papers 2004-06-01

Additional Resources

Trinity Biotech plc Signs Agreement With Akers Biosciences for Distribution of ABI Heparin Allergy Test

Trinity Biotech plc (NASDAQ: TRIB) ispleased to announce that it has been appointed by Akers Biosciences, Inc(LSE: AKR) ('ABI'), a leading designer and manufacturer of rapid diagnosticscreening and testing products, as a distributor of its unique PIFAHeparin/Platelet Factor-4 Rapid Assay (HPF4) in the USA and German markets. Heparin is the...

Articles 2008-06-26

Leonid Hurwicz, Nobelist, dies

MINNEAPOLIS AP -- Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said Wednesday. Hurwicz died Tuesday of natural causes, said Mark Cassutt,...

Articles 2008-06-26

DaVita Strives to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Overall Costs of Kidney Care Through Community-Based Education

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and disease CKD, recently introduced its EMPOWER program, a series of free community-based workshops that encourage CKD patients to take control of their health and make...

Articles 2008-06-23

Quiet Big Spin® Contestant Wins for Son, Pulls Heartstrings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Soft-spoken and extraordinarily polite, Mike Wallace from Fresno would have welcomed the minimum prize any Big Spin contestant receives, but his story and his luck gave him much more on this week's California Lottery Big Spin show. The show aired statewide Saturday, June 21, 2008. The grand...

Articles 2008-06-21

Nocturnal Dialysis: A Better Way to Kidney Health

While dialysis is a lifesaving treatment for many people with kidney disease, it can be very inconvenient. And the process just doesn't clean the blood as effectively as well-functioning kidneys do. a newer option -- is starting to change all that. Nocturnal dialysis, not surprisingly, is dialysis performed at night....

Articles 2008-06-20

Renal Solutions Adds Two New Members to Medical Advisory Board

WARRENDALE, Pa., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Renal Solutions, Inc RSI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care, announced today the addition of two members to its Medical Advisory Board, Jose Diaz-Buxo, M.D., FACP and Todd Ing, M.D. Dr. Diaz-Buxo is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President,...

Articles 2008-06-17

Tygris Commercial Finance Group, Inc. Completes Acquisition of MarCap LLC

MarCap Joins Tygris' Middle Market Equipment Leasing and Asset Finance Business NEW YORK -- Tygris Commercial Finance Group, Inc. ("Tygris"), a recently formed commercial finance company, today announced the completion of the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and business of MarCap LLC ("MarCap"), a middle market...

Articles 2008-06-17

Biopharmaceutical Scientist Joins Vitro's Board

AURORA, Colo. -- Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma announced the appointment of Erik Van Horn, BSCHE to its Board of Directors. Mr. Van Horn is presently employed as a Manufacturing Senior Specialist with Amgen, Inc. Mr. Van Horn is responsible for management of critical manufacturing components in...

Articles 2008-06-17

World datelines

Austria: Woman out of coma VIENNA -- The eldest daughter of a woman imprisoned in a cellar by her father for more than 20 years was brought out of a medically induced coma, a hospital official said Tuesday. Kerstin Fritzl, one of seven children...

Articles 2008-06-11

Ministry Health Care Employees Shed More Than Two Tons of Weight Using Tangerine Wellness

It didn't take a lot forMinistry Health Care employees to shed unwanted pounds. In the first twomonths of the Tangerine Wellness program Ministry Health Care employeeshave reported a weight loss of nearly five thousand pounds. TangerineWellness is the first incentive-based weight management program thatreduces the cost of healthcare...

Articles 2008-06-10

CNA to Present Fresenius Medical Care North America with National Safety Award for 10th Consecutive Year

CHICAGO -- On Friday, June 13, 2008, CNA insurance companies will present its Safety in Excellence Award to Fresenius Medical Care North America for the 10th consecutive year. The award -- which recognizes a company's national leadership and dedicated commitment to employee health, safety, loss prevention and risk control -...

Articles 2008-06-09

Focus on the Global Nephrology and Urology Devices Industry Report: Detailed Analysis of the Medical Equipment & Medical Devices Market Covering Renal Dialysis Equipment, Lithotripters and...

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical industry is available in its catalogue. Global Nephrology and Urology Devices Industry Report: Detailed Analysis of the Medical Equipment & Medical Devices Market Covering Renal Dialysis Equipment, Lithotripters and Incontinence Medical Devices and Supplies http://www.reportlinker.com/p089709/Global-Nephrology-and-Urology-Devices-Industry-Report-Detailed-Analysis-of-the-Medical-Equipment--Medical-Devices-Market-Covering-Renal-Dialysis-Equipment-Lithotripters-and-Incontinence-Medical-Devices-and-Supplies.html...

Articles 2008-06-06

Decorated WWII hero dies at 80

JACKSON, Miss. -- Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80. Lucas had been battling cancer and died shortly...

Articles 2008-06-06

Nephros Completes Pivotal U.S. Clinical Trial for its Hemodiafiltration Products

NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nephros, Inc. , a medical device company, announced today that it has completed the pivotal U.S. clinical trial for its OLpurTM H2H module and OLpurTM MD220 filter for End Stage Renal Disease ESRD therapy. "We're excited and pleased to have reached...

Articles 2008-06-06

HealthGrades, Fresenius Medical Care, Sign Agreement to Sponsor Nephrologist-Quality Reports For Patients

Sponsorship Agreement Will Help Patients Research Kidney Specialists at www.HealthGrades.com GOLDEN, Colo. -- Physician-quality reports for every practicing kidney specialist in the country will now be free to the more than five million patients that research healthcare providers on HealthGrades.com each month, according to an agreement announced today...

Articles 2008-06-05

New Study by BioTrends Highlights Practice Management Shifts Among European Nephrologists

EXTON, Pa., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of TreatmentTrendsTM: European Nephrology Study II. The report is based on the results of an on-line survey completed by 203 clinical nephrologists in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The report focuses...

Articles 2008-06-05

NxStage Medical to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference

LAWRENCE, Mass., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NxStage Medical, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that Jeffrey H. Burbank, Chief Executive Officer, and Robert S. Brown, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the William Blair 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference on June 18, 2008...

Articles 2008-06-05

IDev® Technologies Inc. Announces Distribution Partnership with YMed Inc. for the VascuTrak 2™ Focal Force PTA Catheter

HOUSTON -- IDev Technologies, Inc., an emerging leader in the development and marketing of minimally invasive stent systems for the treatment of peripheral vascular and non-vascular diseases, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement with YMed Inc. for sales of the VascuTrak 2TM Focal Force PTA Catheter in North America and...

Articles 2008-06-04