Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Higher Risk Of Mortality In Younger Black Dialysis Patients Than White Patients

Researchers found that black patients younger than 50 years old who receive the blood-filtering process actually fare worse than whites.

Source:  Dorry L. Segev, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; Ajay Singh, M.D., clinical chief, renal division, director, dialysis, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and associate professor, medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Aug. 10, 2011, Journal of the American Medical Association.
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