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News & Stories Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine, What Kidney Patients Need to Know This information will help you learn more about kidney health.Diseases and conditions,Infectious diseases,COVID-19
News & Stories If You Have Kidney Disease, Take All Precautions to Prevent Getting COVID-19 Kidney disease and COVID-19 dont go well together. If you have kidney disease, do all that you can to prevent contracting it. Kidney diseasemay not ...Tests and procedures,Diseases and conditions,Vaccination,Infectious diseases,COVID-19 vaccination,COVID-19
News & Stories Become a Part of the Solutions to Fight All Stages of Kidney Disease The National Kidney Foundations Patient Network is the portal to the latest research, clinical trials, health tips, and community of patients If you ...Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,Diseases and conditions,Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,Kidney diseases and conditions,Patient advocacy,Chronic kidney disease
Kidney Topics Does Type 2 Diabetes Increase Your Risk for Kidney Disease? Yes Type 2 diabetes raises the risk of kidney disease, a serious condition. Early testing and managing diabetes are crucial to prevent kidney damage and c...Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,Diseases and conditions,Risk factors,Kidney diseases and conditions,Diabetes
News & Stories Moving Our Kidney Patient Agenda Forward in Challenging Times This information will help you learn more about kidney health.Diseases and conditions,Treatments and therapies,Government,Infectious diseases,Medicines,Policy and legislation,COVID-19
News & Stories 10 Signs You May Have Kidney Disease An estimated 35.5 million U.S. adults have kidney disease. Most don’t know they have it. While the only way to know if you have kidney disease is to g...Diseases and conditions,Signs and symptoms
News & Stories Where There Are Helpers, There is Hope Seeking hope and positivity in tough times, people often quote this iconic line from Mr. Rogers, Look for the helpers. His point is exemplified by T...Kidney groups,Diseases and conditions,Children and adolescents,Kidney diseases and conditions,Childhood nephrotic syndrome
News & Stories Lessons of Hope from a Double Transplant Recipient with PKD Lessons of Hope from a Double Transplant Recipient with PKD Patient Stories Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation PKD K...Diseases and conditions,Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,Kidney diseases and conditions,Kidney transplantation,PKD
News & Stories New Drug, Positive Results. How Will it Benefit People with Diabetic Kidney Disease? There is promising news for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetesa serious medical condition that is also known as diabetic ...Diseases and conditions,Treatments and therapies,Diabetes,Medicines
News & Stories Connection during COVID *Editors Note* Jennifer wrote this story at the begining of the COVID-19 pandemic. She would go on to raise over $12,000 for the Live Happy, Dammit Ki...Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,Diseases and conditions,Mental health and wellness,Infectious diseases,Coping and self-care,COVID-19