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Finding His Way: Kidney Patient Lives Backpacking Dream

Dialysis wasn't going to keep Chris Martin in one place. After winning a Dream Trip contest from Backpacker magazine, he set out on a three-day backpa...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Diseases and conditions,

Exercise and physical activity,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Glomerular diseases,

Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Your Eyes

Eye problems can happen without any warning signs, even if you have late stage kidney disease or kidney failure. High blood pressure and diabetes can ...

Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Hidden Blessings

Laurie is a single mom of two kids. She holds a Master’s degree from Hamline University, and has spent nineteen years in a career in Human resources m...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy

Balancing Diabetes and the Kidney Diet

Balancing Diabetes and the Kidney Diet Patient Education Diet and meal planning Diet and nutrition Diabetes Diseases and conditions Carbohydrates Food...

Diseases and conditions,

Diet and nutrition,

Food and drink,

Diet and meal planning,

Silver Linings of CKD

My name is Erin; I’m twenty one years old from Saint Paul, MN and a rising senior at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. When I was eleven years...

Diet and nutrition,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diet and meal planning,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Early stage kidney disease,

Transition to adult care

Maintaining a Vegetarian Diet with Kidney Disease

A vegetarian diet can be safe and beneficial for kidney disease patients with careful planning. Focus on managing protein, sodium, potassium, and phos...

Diseases and conditions,

Diet and nutrition,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diet and meal planning,

Plant-based diet

5 Ways to Reduce Your Risk for Kidney Cancer

Kidney cancer happens when healthy cells in one or both kidneys turn cancerous to form a lump and often go undetected due to lack of symptoms. He...

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Disease prevention,

Kidney Cancer: An Unexpected Diagnosis

Kidney Cancer: An Unexpected Diagnosis Patient Stories Cancer treatment Treatments and therapies Kidney cancer Kidney diseases and conditions Diseases...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Cancer treatment,

It Started with a Tweet

Minnesota musician, filmmaker, producer and composer Chris Strouth had been dealing with kidney disease for years before his kidneys finally failed in...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy

Ada DeBold: How One Mother’s Love Saved Thousands of Lives

From one mother’s mission to a 75-year legacy—learn how Ada DeBold’s fight for her son led to the creation of the National Kidney Foundation.

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Patient advocacy,

Childhood nephrotic syndrome