Archives for CKD
Potassium and kidney disease: What you need to know
When your kidneys are damaged, they cannot remove extra potassium from your blood. Having too much potassium in your blood is call... Learn More >>
Balancing Kidney Disease: Teenage Perspective
During this webinar, hear how others have balanced living with kidney disease as teens and learn more about where teens can go to ... Learn More >>
Topics: Coping • CKD • Transplant • ESRD • Patient Perspective
Kidney Chat: Ask a Social Worker
Every person with kidney disease on dialysis is assigned a social worker. Social workers are highly educated and highly trained pr... Learn More >>
Topics: Kidney Failure • Coping • CKD • Dialysis • Kidney Disease Overview • ESRD • Kidney Disease Complications • Nutrition
Pain Management and Kidney Disease
This webinar will discuss why people with kidney disease may feel more pain than others and the common sources of pain including g... Learn More >>
Topics: Kidney Failure • Coping • Diet • CKD • Exercise • ESRD • Kidney Disease Complications • Other kidney conditions
Sexual Health, Sexuality, and Kidney Disease
Sexual health may not be discussed openly or frequently in the kidney disease community, however it is an extremely important topi... Learn More >>
Healthy weight pre and post-kidney transplant
Maintaining a healthy weight can be a big part of the kidney transplant process – both before the transplant surgery and after. Th... Learn More >>
Topics: Coping • Diet • CKD • Exercise • Transplant • ESRD • Nutrition
Anemia and kidney disease
Anemia is common for people with late-stage CKD and affects most dialysis patients. There are various treatments for anemia for th... Learn More >>
Topics: Coping • High Blood Pressure • Heart Disease • CKD • Kidney Disease Complications
Phosphorus in the kidney disease diet: Holiday Edition
Unless you have kidney disease, you may not think about the phosphorus in your foods. But when you have kidney disease, phosphorus... Learn More >>
Why I dialyze at home
As many families of dialysis patients will tell you, dialysis affects more than just the kidney patient. And especially when a dia... Learn More >>
Topics: Coping • CKD • Dialysis • ESRD • Patient Perspective
Slowing down kidney disease
When you are diagnosed with kidney disease you may wonder, what does this mean? How did I get kidney disease? And what can I do to... Learn More >>
Kidney disease in children
There are unique considerations and challenges that come with being a child with kidney disease (pediatric kidney disease). Since ... Learn More >>
Topics: Kidney Failure • Coping • CKD • ESRD
Phosphorus in the kidney disease diet
Unless you have kidney disease, you may not think about the phosphorus in your foods. But when you have kidney disease, phosphorus... Learn More >>
Choosing the right treatment method – exploring home options
Kidney patients have choices when it comes to their dialysis treatment. Each treatment type is unique, and all patients should hav... Learn More >>
Topics: Kidney Failure • CKD • Dialysis
Hepatitis C and kidney disease – what you need to know
Hepatitis C (hep C) is more common in people with kidney disease, and many people don’t know they have it. Many times, hepatitis C... Learn More >>
Topics: CKD • Kidney Disease Complications
Lo que necesita saber acerca de la hepatitis C y la enfermedad renal
La temporada de vacaciones es un momento para destinarlo a la familia, los amigos y la comida. Cuando se tiene enfermedad renal, p... Learn More >>
Topics: CKD • Kidney Disease Complications
Paired kidney exchanges and opportunities for kidney transplant in minority patients
Though minority populations are at greater risk for developing kidney disease, kidney transplant is often more difficult for racia... Learn More >>
Topics: CKD
