Death rates for U.S. kidney dialysis patients are among the highest in the industrialized world. A CBS News Data Team investigation has found that one-third of the nation’s dialysis clinics have failed to meet federal performance standards. In Texas, where the number of dialysis centers is higher than in any other state, the I-Team discovered…
After 10 years on dialysis, and just days after the story of her long wait for a transplant was featured on “CBS Sunday Morning,” LaQuayia “LQ” Goldring, 35, has a new kidney. Before receiving her transplant, Goldring spent up to four and a half hours a day hooked up to a home dialysis machine. “Every…
Why the multibillion-dollar kidney dialysis industry is under fire – CBS News Watch CBS News Death rates for U.S. kidney dialysis patients are among the highest in the industrialized world. A CBS News investigation found that a third of dialysis clinics fail to meet federal performance standards. Now, as Erin Moriarty reports, there’s a push…