I ran across this little blurb- and it piqued my interest. The largest carbon capture project in the UK plans to convert the carbon dioxide it captures into sodium bicarbonate. In particular, the goal is to use that sodium bicarbonate for use in dialysis, among other needs. That’s 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year (right now, the capture facility capacity is 36K tons). Amazingly, that means this would produce enough sodium bicarbonate to supply some 750K patients a year.
Category Archives: Dialysis
SCOTUS Screw-Up
I know I haven’t finished the two other blog posts about how SCOTUS (The Supreme Court of the United States) has been subverting the laws of the US over the past few years. But, this new ruling affects dialysis patients (and dialysis providers), so I will share this one first. (And, I haven’t gotten to the NY gun ruling abrogation or the overturning of Roe v. Wade!)
Xenograft
We still don’t allow stem cell research to proceed and improve our lives. Which means we can’t truly develop a replacement kidney (or liver or whatever organ we want) that would be compatible with our patients. Which is a real problem, since there are some 100,000 folks waiting for a kidney transplant right now. And, about a dozen of those waiting die every single day before they ever get a chance at the transplant.
Kidneys for Life
I bet you didn’t know that you could lose 90% of your kidney function without a clue. So, maintaining your kidney health is pretty critical. Two conditions that can make that problematic are high blood pressure and diabetes. But, there are eight conditions we should monitor to ensure proper kidney health.
Dialysis at Home?
Is it really the pandemic? Donald Trump’s Directive? Or HHS pressure (read as payment incentives, which are related to Donald’s directive)? [HHS kidney care payment protocol that began in 2021, a year later than promised, provided increased reimbursements for home dialysis]
Food, Glorious Food- continued. Yum!
Last Friday was the first part of this current discussion of the ketogenic diet. One I advocate for those folks who have ESRD (end stage renal disease), diabetes, epilepsy, and maybe even extended to those subject to Alzheimer’s.
Food, Glorious Food…
Diet.
I must see (on the days that I watch TV) about 100 commercials a day discussing our diets, our weight. From Weight Watchers to Nutrisystem to Noom and beyond.
You’re kidding me, right?
We are excited. There are two vaccines being distributed- albeit in very spotty fashion. At least one more (the Johnson & Johnson version) is about to be submitted for FDA approval- to be followed shortly thereafter by the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca choice. Hopefully, by the end of this year, the pandemic will be over.
Donate a kidney?
You know I talk about dialysis a lot. And, advocate that stem cell research should be allowed.
Not only could we provide an unlimited set of kidneys for transplant, but hearts, lungs, and a slew of other organs. But, stem cell research is disallowed due to politics (read: religious group lobbying).
Yes, it’s Friday the 13th- but I have more important things to discuss
If you really want to deal with that superstition, you are welcome to review one of my older posts, Triskaidekaphobia…
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