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• Children Twice as Likely to Die if Treated at For-Profit Dialysis Centers, Study Warns

  September 11, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds children are twice as likely to die if treated at for-profit dialysis centers than at nonprofit facilities.

• Patients With Sickle-Cell Disease Less Likely To Receive Needed Kidney Transplants: Study

  March 5, 2021

  Martha Garcia

  Patients with sickle cell disease, often African Americans, are less likely to be given a kidney transplant, even though it could save their lives, according to the findings of a new study.

• Nexium Resulted in Kidney Disease, Dialysis and Ultimately Need for Kidney Transplant, Lawsuit Alleges

  December 5, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  According to a Nexium lawsuit, an Arizona man indicates that side effects of the popular heartburn drug caused him to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD), leading to the need for dialysis treatment and a kidney transplant.

• Fungal Infection Kills Fifth Organ Transplant Patient At Pittsburgh Hospital

  July 13, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  The family of a man who died at a Pittsburgh area hospital says he is the fifth organ transplant patient to die of a fungal infection there in the last two years.

• Nexium Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN) Lawsuit Filed By Man Who Required Dialysis, Kidney Transplant

  July 6, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A man has filed a Nexium lawsuit alleging that the acid reflux drug caused him to suffer a form of kidney injury known as acute interstitial nephritis, which ultimately resulted in the need for dialysis treatment and a kidney transplant.

• Nexium Kidney Failure Lawsuit Filed Against AstraZeneca

  May 5, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A man had to undergo a kidney transplant due to the side effects of the heartburn drug Nexium, in what is believed to be the first of potentially thousands of similar claims.