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Two Hearts, One Condition: Married Couple Face Their Kidney Disease Diagnoses Together

From a sudden collapse and strokes to dialysis treatments and failed transplants, Nathan and Candria's kidney disease journeys have been marked with m...

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Dialysis patients' bill of rights and responsibilities,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Living with Kidney Failure: “I Don't Live to Do Dialysis. I Do Dialysis to Live.”

Christina Gilchrists medical challenges began with a routine sports physical when she was only twelve. Shed go on to face many obstacles, from kidne...

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

How a Routine Health Test Revealed a Life-Changing Kidney Disease Diagnosis

In August 2018, Robert and KetanyaMoore decided to switch life insurance companies. The new company required health tests to determine their premiums...

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Cardiovascular disease,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

High blood pressure,

Kidney Commute CE Study Guide: Transitions of Care for AKI and CKD

Continuing education series for professionals. Transitioning to dialysis is often a complicated and confusing development for our patients. It is the ...

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Medical professionals,

Acute kidney injury

Using Laughter Therapy to Cope with Dialysis

Kimberly was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2013 but stayed off dialysis until 2017 by following her doctor's recommendations. When she did start di...

Treatments and therapies,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Mental health and wellness,

Depression and anxiety

Singer, Stylist, and Chef: “Life On Dialysis Doesn't Have to be Bleak.”

Dione Bullards passion for creative expression has followed him throughout his entire life. From his early days in church choir to his time as a cele...

Treatments and therapies,

Transplant recipients

Hemodialysis Technician Teacher Turned TikTok Star

If you asked Lamarr Holland a few years ago if he expected to become a TikTok influencer, he probably would have laughed and said, "No. I run a hemodi...

Treatments and therapies,

Medical professionals,

Proposed Debt Ceiling Plan Hurts Kidney Disease and Dialysis Patients

UPDATE: On April 26, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that included the proposals below, and now it is with the Senate for consideration....

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Chronic kidney disease

Kidney Commute CE Study Guide: Depression and Dialysis

Continuing education series for professionals. Major depressive disorder is four times more common in people undergoing long-term dialysis than in the...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Treatments and therapies,

Mental health and wellness,

Depression and anxiety

TikToker Melanie Pina Shines Light on Kidney Failure: “TikTok Saved My Life”

Scroll through Melanie Pina's TikTok to find a bright, funny, and genuine person detailing her life with lupus and on peritoneal dialysis. With every ...

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Peritoneal dialysis,

Race and ethnicity,

Autoimmune kidney diseases and conditions,

Lupus nephritis