Thursday, October 15, 2009

Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients - Forbes.com

(HealthDay News) -- Dialysis may not be worth undertaking for many older Americans in nursing homes who suffer kidney failure in addition to other ailments, a study finds.

The research, published in the Oct. 15 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, found that this intervention failed to lengthen or improve most patients' lives.
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