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About Diabetes
Acid Reflux and Proton Pump Inhibitors
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Advance Directives
Advance Directives For Children and Adolescents
African Americans and Kidney Disease
Albuminuria
Alcohol and Your Kidneys
All About Kidneys - Basics for Kids
Alport Syndrome
American Indians/Alaska Natives and Kidney Disease
Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease
Anemia and Iron Needs in Dialysis
Answering Your Questions About Living Donation
Antibodies and Transplantation: Everything You Wanted to Know and More
Are Clinical Trials Safe?
Are You At Increased Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease? (CKD)
Asian Americans and Kidney Disease
What Is Kidney Atrophy?
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Bed - wetting
Benign Prostate Disease
Better Kidney Health for Kids: Seven Golden Rules
Biosimilar Drugs: What You Need to Know
BK Virus: What Transplant Patients Need to Know
Blood Tests for Transplant
Brain Death
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
NKF Brochures
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C3G Patient Resources
Calcium Oxalate Stones
Carbohydrate Counting with Chronic Kidney Disease
Care After Kidney Transplant
Caring For Caregivers During the Holidays
Childhood Infections & Kidney Disease
Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
Children With Chronic Kidney Disease: Tips for Parents
Cholesterol, Fats, and Heart Disease: What You Need to Know
Choosing A Treatment For Kidney Failure
Chronic Kidney Disease and Pneumococcal Disease: Do You Know the Facts?
Common Insurance Terms Defined
Common Organ Donation and Transplantation Terms
Complement 3 Glomerulopathy (C3G): Knowing the Signs and Symptoms
Contrast Dye and the Kidneys
Coping Effectively: A Guide for Patients and their Families
Creatinine: What is it?
Cystatin C
Diagnosis of C3G
Dialysis Facility Complaints: Your Rights and Responsibilities
The Complement System and C3G
Treatment for C3G
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Can Plant-Based Diets Help Prevent Kidney Disease for People with Type 2 Diabetes?
CKD Diet: How much protein is the right amount?
Dairy and Our Kidneys
Detecting Kidney and Urinary Tract Abnormalities Before Birth
Diabetes - A Major Risk Factor for Kidney Disease
Diabetes and Kidney Disease Stage 5
Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease and Special Populations
Dialysis
Dialysis: Deciding to Stop
Dialysis: Dry, Itchy Skin
Diet and Kidney Stones
Diet and Transplantation
Dietary Guidelines for Adults Starting on Hemodialysis
Dining Out With Confidence
Dining Out With Confidence - CKD 1-4, Not on Dialysis
Inserting Your Own Needles for Dialysis (Self-Cannulation) Is Your Right!
Writing to Transplant Recipients: A Guide for Donor Families and Living Donors
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Emergency Meal Planning for Diabetic Patients on Dialysis
Emergency Meal Planning for Patients on Dialysis
Employers' Guide
Evaluation for Kidney Transplant
Exercise: What You Should Know
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Do Flu Shots Work After a Kidney Transplant?
Fabry Disease
Filtering Dialysis Myths from Facts
Five Surprising Ways You Could Be Damaging Your Kidneys
Fluid Overload in a Dialysis Patient
Fluoride
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
Food Safety is a Must!
Foods to Avoid After Transplantation
When a Transplant Fails
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Can my GFR get better?
Caring For Caregivers During the Holidays
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Getting Ready for a Transplant
Getting Ready for the Adult Healthcare System
Goodpasture's Syndrome
Guia A-Z
What is Glomerulonephritis?
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Health Care Team
Heart Health: Ten Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy on Dialysis
Hematuria in Adults
Hematuria in Children
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis Access
Hemodialysis Catheters: How to Keep Yours Working Well
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Hepatitis C and Kidney Transplantation
Herbal Supplements and Kidney Disease
Here are Some Seasoning Recipes
Hidden Health Risks in Racial and Ethnic Monorities - Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease in Children
High Blood Pressure: The Role of the Family
High Potassium (Hyperkalemia)
Hispanics and Kidney Disease
HIV and Chronic Kidney Disease: What You Need to Know
HIV and Kidney Transplantation/Donation
Home Hemodialysis
How can I find a clinical trial?
How is High Blood Pressure Treated?
How is Kidney Cancer Found?
How to Find a Transplant Center
How to Increase Calories in Your CKD Diet
How Your Kidneys Work
Hydronephrosis
Hyponatremia
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Anemia and Iron Needs in Dialysis
If You Choose Not to Start Dialysis Treatment
IgA Nephropathy
Immunosuppressants
Impotence
Incompatible Blood Types and Paired Exchange Programs
Interstitial Cystitis
Living Donation: What Is Informed Consent And Why Do I Need It To Become A Living Kidney Donor?
Using Your Smartphone For Medical Emergencies
Your Kidneys and Iron
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Keeping in Control: Lowering Your Risk for Kidney and Heart Disease
Keeping Your Heart Healthy When You Have Chronic Kidney Disease (Stages 1-4) What You Should Know About Lipids
Kidney Cancer
Kidney Cancer: Talking with Your Healthcare Professional
Kidney Cancer: Treatment
Kidney Cancer: Who is at risk?
Kidney Disease: Causes
Kidney Stone Treatment: Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Kidney Stones
Kidney Transplant
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
Kidneys: Master Chemists of the Body
Know Your Kidney Numbers: Two Simple Tests
Knowing Your Immunosuppressive (anti-rejection) Medications
What are Oxalates and Why are They a Concern for Kidney Disease Patients?
What Is Kidney Atrophy?
When a Transplant Fails
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Lead Exposure and Kidney Function
Lithium and Chronic Kidney Disease
Lithotripsy
Living Donation
Living Donation: Sample Letter to Family and Friends
Living Donation: What Is Informed Consent And Why Do I Need It To Become A Living Kidney Donor?
Living With One Kidney
Lupus and Kidney Disease (Lupus Nephritis)
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Making Choices to Keep You and Your Kidneys Healthy
Managed Care: Questions and Answers for ESRD Patients
Managing Your Emotions While Living with Kidney Disease
Medical Jewelry
Medications
Medullary Sponge Kidney
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
Membranous Nephropathy (MN)
Metabolic Acidosis
Metabolic Syndrome after Kidney Transplantation: Are You at Risk?
Mineral and Bone Disorder
Minimal Change Disease
Minorities and Kidney Disease
Multiple Listing for Kidney Transplant
Using Your Smartphone For Medical Emergencies
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Inserting Your Own Needles for Dialysis (Self-Cannulation) Is Your Right!
Nephrectomy
Nephrotic Syndrome
Newly Diagnosed with CKD? Here's What You Need to Know
Nocturnal Hemodialysis
Nutrition and Early Kidney Disease (Stages 1–4)
Nutrition and Hemodialysis
Nutrition and Kidney Failure (Dialysis)
Nutrition and Peritoneal Dialysis
Nutrition for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
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Obesity and Overweight: What You Should Know
Oral Sodium Phosphate Safety Alerts
Organ and Tissue Donation
Organ Donation
What are Oxalates and Why are They a Concern for Kidney Disease Patients?
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Can Plant-Based Diets Help Prevent Kidney Disease for People with Type 2 Diabetes?
CKD Diet: How much protein is the right amount?
Enjoy Your Own Recipes Using Less Protein
Getting More Protein While on Dialysis
High Potassium (Hyperkalemia)
How Does Palliative Care Improve the Quality of Life for Kidney Patients?
How Much Plant-Based Protein Can You Eat Based on Your Stage of Kidney Disease?
How to Stock a Plant-Based Pantry
Low-Protein Recipes
Maintaining a Vegetarian Diet with Kidney Disease
Myths and Misconceptions About Plant-Based Diets
Pain Medicines (Analgesics)
Pasta and a Low Protein Diet
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy /Nephrolithotripsy
Peritoneal Dialysis: What You Need to Know
Phosphorus and Your CKD Diet
Planning for Emergencies - A Guide for People with Chronic Kidney Disease
Planning for Emergencies - A Guide for People with Kidney Disease
Plant-Based Diet or Vegetarian Diet – What is the Difference?
Plasmapheresis and Blood-type Incompatible Kidney Transplant
poems KL
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)
Potassium and Your CKD Diet
Pregnancy and Kidney Disease
Pregnancy and Transplant
Prescription Medications
Preventing Diabetic Kidney Disease: 10 Answers to Questions
Prostate Cancer
Taking Care of Your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Catheter
The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Plant-Based Diet (When You Have Kidney Disease)
Using Your Smartphone For Medical Emergencies
What is a Plant-Based Diet, and Is It Good For Your Kidneys?
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Quality of Life With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Questions Children Ask: Helping Children Adjust When a Parent Has Kidney Failure
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Reflux Disorders in Children
Religion and Organ Donation
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Are contact sports OK for kids with kidney disease?
Selecting the right shoes for your workout
Sexuality and Kidney Disease
Sexuality and Kidney Transplant
Side Effects of Immunosuppressant Medications as they Affect Physical Fitness:A Physical Therapist's Point of View
Simple Kidney Cysts
Simple Kidney Vocabulary List
Six-Step Guide to Protecting Kidney Health
Smoking and Your Health
Sodium and Your CKD Diet: How to Spice Up Your Cooking
Spice Up Your Diet
Staying Fit With Kidney Disease
Using Your Smartphone For Medical Emergencies
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Do Flu Shots Work After a Kidney Transplant?
Evaluation for Kidney Transplant
Is your Teen Ready for the Adult Healthcare System?
Take Steps to Keep Your Heart Healthy on Dialysis
Talking to Your Child About Their Medical Condition
Talking to Your Friends About Kidney Disease
Tests to Measure Kidney Function, Damage and Detect Abnormalities
The Buttonhole Technique
The DASH Diet
The Heart and Kidney Connection
The Kidney Transplant Waitlist – What You Need to Know
The National Kidney Foundation: A to Z Health Guide
The Organ and Tissue Donor Program
Thin Basement Membrane Disease
Tips For Your Check-up
Tips From Kidney Transplant Recipients for Post-Transplant Success
Travel Tips: A Guide for Kidney Patients
When a Transplant Fails
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Understanding Ectopic Kidneys
Understanding Glomerular Diseases
Understanding Hepatitis C
Understanding Your Lab Values
Ureteroscopy
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Tract Infections
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Can Plant-Based Diets Help Prevent Kidney Disease for People with Type 2 Diabetes?
Do Flu Shots Work After a Kidney Transplant?
Maintaining a Vegetarian Diet with Kidney Disease
Vitamins and Minerals in Kidney Disease
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What Are Cystine Stones?
What Causes High Blood Pressure?
What is a Clinical Trial?
What is a Kidney Biopsy?
What is a Urinalysis (also called a "urine test")?
What Is Dry Weight
What Is High Blood Pressure?
What is Hyperkalemia?
What is Kidney Cancer?
What is Kidney Failure?
What the Color of Your Urine Means
What You Need to Know About Urinalysis
What You Should Know About Albuminuria (Proteinuria)
What You Should Know About Blood Lipids
What You Should Know About Good Nutrition
What You Should Know About High Blood Pressure
What You Should Know About Infectious Diseases: A Guide for Hemodialysis Patients and Their Families
When Kidneys Stop Working
When Stopping Dialysis Treatment Is Your Choice - A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Which Drugs are Harmful to Your Kidneys?
Which Vaccinations Do I Need?
Which Vaccinations Does My Child Need?
Who Can Participate In a Clinical Trial?
Why You Should Avoid Eating Starfruit
Working With Kidney Disease: Rehabilitation and Employment
Writing to Donor Families and Living Donors
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Your Child Has Hydronephrosis
Your Dialysis Care Team
Your Guide to the New Food Label
Your Kidneys: Master Chemists of the Body
Your Transplant Care Team
