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Acid Reflux and Proton Pump Inhibitors
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Advance Directives
Advance Directives For Children and Adolescents
Albuminuria (proteinuria)
Alcohol and Your Kidneys
Alport Syndrome
Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease
Anemia and Iron Needs in Dialysis
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors & angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)
Antibodies and Transplantation: Everything You Wanted to Know and More
Apples
Avocados
What Is Kidney Atrophy?
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Beans
Bed - wetting
Bedwetting in Children & Teens: Nocturnal Enuresis
Benign Prostate Disease
BK Virus: What Transplant Patients Need to Know
Blood Tests for Transplant
Blueberries
Brain Death
Broccoli
Kidney Biopsy
Managing Blood Sugar For Kidney Health
What You Should Know About Blood Lipids
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All About Kidneys - Basics for Kids
Are Clinical Trials Safe?
Are You At Increased Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease? (CKD)
Better Kidney Health for Kids: Seven Golden Rules
C3G Patient Resources
Carbohydrate Counting with Chronic Kidney Disease
Care after kidney transplant
Childhood Infections & Kidney Disease
Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
Children Born With One Kidney
Children With Chronic Kidney Disease: Tips for Parents
Choosing A Treatment For Kidney Failure
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Chronic Kidney Disease and Pneumococcal Disease: Do You Know the Facts?
Chronic Kidney Disease: Quality Care Begins with Measurement
Common Organ Donation and Transplantation Terms
Complement 3 Glomerulopathy (C3G)
Complement 3 Glomerulopathy (C3G): Knowing the Signs and Symptoms
Contrast Dye and the Kidneys
Coping Effectively: A Guide for Patients and their Families
Creatinine
Creatinine
Cystatin C
Cystine Stones
Dialysis Facility Complaints: Your Rights and Responsibilities
Finding More Information About Clinical Trials
Helping Children Adjust When a Parent Has Kidney Failure
Kidney Diseases Clinical Trial Directory
Low Phosphorus Cheese
Proteinuria in Children
Treatment for C3G
What is a Clinical Trial?
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5 Drugs You May Need to Avoid or Adjust if You Have Kidney Disease
Can Plant-Based Diets Help Prevent Kidney Disease for People with Type 2 Diabetes?
Choosing Dialysis: Which type is right for me?
CKD Diet: How much protein is the right amount?
Dairy and Our Kidneys
Depression and Dialysis
Detecting Kidney and Urinary Tract Abnormalities Before Birth
Diabetes - A Major Risk Factor for Kidney Disease
Diabetes and Kidney Disease (Stages 1-4)
Diabetes and Kidney Disease Stage 5
Diabetes and Kidney Failure (Stage 5)
Diabetes and Your Eyes, Heart, Nerves, Feet, and Kidneys
Diabetes: Ten Tips for Self-Management
Dialysis
Dialysis: Deciding to Stop
Dialysis: Dry, Itchy Skin
Diet and Transplantation
Dietary Guidelines for Adults Starting on Hemodialysis
Dining Out With Confidence - On Dialysis
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (dRTA): What is dRTA and how is it diagnosed?
Does Type 2 Diabetes Increase Your Risk for Kidney Disease? Yes
dRTA: How is it Treated?
Inserting Your Own Needles for Dialysis (Self-Cannulation) Is Your Right!
Managing Blood Sugar For Kidney Health
Missing Dialysis Treatment Is Dangerous for Your Health
Preventing Diabetic Kidney Disease: 10 Answers to Questions
The DASH Diet
The Dental / Kidney Disease Connection
Tips to Tackling the DASH Diet
Writing to Transplant Recipients: A Guide for Donor Families and Living Donors
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Bedwetting in Children & Teens: Nocturnal Enuresis
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
Expanded Medicare Coverage of Immunosuppressive Drugs for Kidney Transplant Recipients
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Do Flu Shots Work After a Kidney Transplant?
Fabry Disease
Family History and Kidney Diseases
Filtering Dialysis Myths from Facts
Fish
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
Healthy Oils and Fats
Keep Your Kidneys Healthy: 5 Foods To Avoid
When a Transplant Fails
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Can my GFR get better?
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Genetics and Kidney Disease
Getting Ready for a Transplant
Goodpasture's Syndrome
Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis (PIGN)
Quick Facts: Gout and Chronic Kidney Disease
Understanding African American and non-African American eGFR laboratory results
What is Glomerulonephritis?
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Cholesterol, Fats, and Heart Disease: What You Need to Know
Facts About High Potassium in Patients with Kidney Disease
Health Care Team
Health Equity and Chronic Kidney Disease
Heart Health: Ten Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy on Dialysis
Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
Hematuria in Adults
Hematuria in Children
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis Access
Hemodialysis Catheters: How to Keep Yours Working Well
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
Hepatitis C and Chronic Kidney Disease: Overview of Evaluation and Management
Herbal Supplements and Kidney Disease
Herbs
High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease in Children
High Blood Pressure: The Role of the Family
High Potassium (Hyperkalemia)
High Potassium (Hyperkalemia)
HIV and Chronic Kidney Disease: What You Need to Know
HIV and Kidney Transplantation/Donation
Home Hemodialysis
How is High Blood Pressure Treated?
How to Find a Transplant Center
How Your Kidneys Work
Hydronephrosis
Hyperkalemia (high potassium)
Hyponatremia
Prenatal Hydronephrosis (Urinary Tract Dilation)
Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1
Seasoning Recipes
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
The Heart and Kidney Connection
What Causes High Blood Pressure?
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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
Informed Choices for Chronic Kidney Disease
Inherited Kidney Diseases
Insurance Options
Insurance Options for Kidney Patients
Insurance Options for People on Dialysis or With a Kidney Transplant
Interstitial Cystitis
Living Donation: What Is Informed Consent And Why Do I Need It To Become A Living Kidney Donor?
Your Kidneys and Iron
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6 Easy Ways to Prevent Kidney Stones
6-Step Guide to Protecting Kidney Health
Calcium Oxalate Stones
Keeping in Control: Lowering Your Risk for Kidney and Heart Disease
Kidney Cancer
Kidney Stone Treatment: Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Kidney Stones in Children and Teens
Kidney Transplant
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
Kidneys: Master Chemists of the Body
Knowing Your Immunosuppressive (anti-rejection) Medications
Social Determinants of Kidney Disease
What Is Kidney Atrophy?
When a Transplant Fails
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Lead Exposure and Kidney Function
Leafy Green Vegetables
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)
Understanding Your Lab Values
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6 Tips for Managing Your Medications When You're a Teen
Facts about Metabolic Acidosis and Chronic Kidney Disease
FAQ About Medicare for Kidney Patients
Managing Your Emotions While Living with Kidney Disease
Medical Jewelry
Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans
Medications
Medullary Sponge Kidney
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
Membranous Nephropathy (MN)
Metabolic Acidosis
Metabolic Acidosis: Resources for Patients
Metabolic Syndrome after Kidney Transplantation: Are You at Risk?
Milk Alternatives
Mineral and Bone Disorder
Minimal Change Disease
Mpox
Multiple Listing for Kidney Transplant
Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease
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Bedwetting in Children & Teens: Nocturnal Enuresis
Healthier Holiday Eating
How to Increase Calories in Your CKD Diet
Inserting Your Own Needles for Dialysis (Self-Cannulation) Is Your Right!
Nephrectomy
Nephropathic Cystinosis
Nephropathic Cystinosis: Evaluation and Management
Nephrotic Syndrome
Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
Nocturnal Hemodialysis
Non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (nsMRAs)
Nutrition and Early Kidney Disease (Stages 1–4)
Nutrition and Hemodialysis
Nutrition and Kidney Failure
Nutrition and Peritoneal Dialysis
Nutrition for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Nuts and Seeds
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Children Born With One Kidney
Healthy Oils and Fats
Obesity
Oral Sodium Phosphate Safety Alerts
Organ Donation
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Can Plant-Based Diets Help Prevent Kidney Disease for People with Type 2 Diabetes?
Chronic Kidney Disease – Associated Pruritus (Itchy Skin)
CKD Diet: How much protein is the right amount?
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)
Pandemic Fatigue and You
Pasta and a Low Protein Diet
Patient Education Library: Brochures
Patient Education Library: 2 - Sided Flyers
Patient Education Library: Infographics
Patient Education Library: Videos
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy / Nephrolithotripsy
Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritonitis
Phosphorus and Your Diet
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
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Pomegranates
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)
Potassium
Potassium in Your CKD Diet
Preemptive Transplant
Pregnancy and Kidney Disease
Pregnancy and Transplant
Prenatal Hydronephrosis (Urinary Tract Dilation)
Prescription Medications
Prostate Cancer
Proteinuria in Children
Taking Care of Your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Catheter
The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Plant-Based Diet (When You Have Kidney Disease)
What is a Plant-Based Diet, and Is It Good For Your Kidneys?
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Reflux Disorders in Children
Refractory Gout
Refractory Gout Management
Religion and Organ Donation
Root Vegetables
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Are Contact Sports OK for Kids with Kidney Disease?
5 Sneaky Sources of Sugar
6 Healthy Travel Snacks
Kidney Stone Diet Plan and Prevention
Kidney Stones
Nuts and Seeds
Salt-Free Pizza
Sepsis
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
Smoking and Your Health
Social Determinants of Health and Chronic Kidney Disease
Sodium and Your CKD Diet: How to Spice Up Your Cooking
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors
Spice Up Your Diet
Spices
Squash
Stage 1 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Stage 3a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Stage 3b Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Staying Fit With Kidney Disease
Stopping or Not Starting Dialysis
Strawberries
Superfoods
Top 5 Ways to Stop A-Salting Your Kidneys
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Do Flu Shots Work After a Kidney Transplant?
Evaluation for Kidney Transplant
Know Your Kidney Numbers: Two Simple Tests
Steps to Keep Your Transplanted Kidney
Take Steps to Keep Your Heart Healthy on Dialysis
Tests to check your kidney health
The Buttonhole Technique
The Kidney Transplant Waitlist – What You Need to Know
Thin Basement Membrane Disease
Tips For Your Check-up
Tofu
Tomatoes
Travel Tips: A Guide for Kidney Patients
When a Transplant Fails
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Ultrafiltration
Understanding Ectopic Kidneys
Understanding Glomerular Diseases
Ureteroscopy
Urinalysis (urine test)
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Tract Infections
Urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR)
What the Color of Your Urine Means
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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
Root Vegetables
Vaccines for Adults with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Failure, or Kidney Transplant
Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) in Infants & Children
Vitamins and Minerals in Chronic Kidney Disease
Which Vaccinations Does My Child Need?
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Kidney Cancer
Kidney Failure
What Causes High Blood Pressure?
What Is Dry Weight?
What Is High Blood Pressure?
What You Should Know About Good Nutrition
What You Should Know About Infectious Diseases: A Guide for Hemodialysis Patients and Their Families
When Kidneys Stop Working
Which Drugs are Harmful to Your Kidneys?
Who Can Participate In a Clinical Trial?
Whole Grains
Why You Should Avoid Eating Starfruit
Working With Kidney Disease: Rehabilitation and Employment
Writing to Donor Families and Living Donors: A Simple Guide for Kidney Transplant Recipients
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Xenotransplantation
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Your Child Has Hydronephrosis
Your Dialysis Care Team
Your Guide to the New and Improved Nutrition Facts Label
Your Transplant Care Team