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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Hemodialysis Using Solar Power May Reduce Costs, Help Save Environment.

CBC News Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/6) reports that according to a study to appear Jan. 19 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, "using solar power can make" hemodialysis "treatments more environmentally friendly." For the study, "scientists created a solar-assisted dialysis program in southern Australia. They set up four dialysis machines that ran partially off solar power." Notably, "the program reduced power costs by 76.5 per cent in the first 12 months."

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