CKD News:
Educational Blog & Newsletter

Travel tips when on home dialysis, AKF Kidney Action Week & Kids Art Contest, NKF Kidney Walks, Clinical Trial, Lupus, Transplant Readiness

Learn the importance of keeping track of your phosphorus levels & what phosphate binders are, how they work & the different types available.

Caring for Care Partner webinar, Two FDA Drug Approvals, AAKP roundtable opportunity, NKF CKD & Black Community discussion, Fun Tip of Day!

Mental Health & Stress Management Webinars (NKF, AAKP), Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials (AAKP), IgAN webinar (AAKP), Fun Tip of Day!

Learn the importance of protein and how you can eat a vegetarian diet and stay healthy while on dialysis due to chronic kidney disease.

KDIGO requests input for Women & Kidney Health Conference, RSN fitness program, Gift of Life Transplant House, NY Organ Donor Law & Fun Tip!

AAKP Tips on traveling, NKF Podcast & Peers, ASN Kidney Week Recap, FDA Prolia notice, Otsuka IgAN trial, NIH T1D study & your Fun Tip!

Thank you to all caregivers, you are appreciated! Find resources for caregivers & gift ideas for your caregiver or care partner here.

Are you planning Thanksgiving dinner? Find helpful hints to help you have an amazing dinner while sticking to your renal diet.

Learn what a fistula is, how to care for your fistula, signs of potential issues with your fistula, and how to advocate for excellent care.

Learn about what you need to keep in mind for your diet when you first start on dialysis.

If you have recently started dialysis and are losing weight, you can learn about reasons for this and get hints to improve your diet here.

NKF Pruritus Discussion, updated COVID booster, robotic surgical transplant, California proposition & Hawaii state updates, & your Fun Tip!

Are you concerned about working and maintaining your dialysis treatments? This article will give you some tips to help you get started.

Preventing infections while on dialysis is critically important. You will learn the basics of infection prevention to help you get started.

AAKP, ASN & Home Dialyzers United updates, Inflation Reduction Act, Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center and your Fun Tip of the Day!

If you are considering home hemodialysis, learn about the training needed, medicare support, how to prepare your home & resources available.

Reliable transportation when you are on in-center hemodialysis is a vital part of staying on top of your treatments.Learn about the options.

For Caregivers: Having a family member on dialysis can be challenging. Learn how to help support your loved one on dialysis with these tips.

V.A. expands live donor care & support, AAKP Annual Summit, FDA cleared home smartphone enabled kidney function test & Fun Tip of the day!