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Celebrating World Kidney Day by Addressing Obesity
Today is World Kidney Day and, in an effort to raise awareness about kidney health and disease, events have been underway around the world—from a…
Continue Reading »Honoring Dietitians on National Dietitian Day
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food –Hippocrates We are what we eat. This statement, uttered many times, is an inevitable truth….
Continue Reading »A Balanced Vegetarian Diet for Kidney Patients
Less than five percent of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are vegetarian, according to our estimates. This includes patients who follow vegetarianism because of…
Continue Reading »Study: The Association between Employment and Kidney Transplant Status
For patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD), receiving a kidney transplant can offer the best long-term treatment option. However, to qualify for placement on…
Continue Reading »Current Efforts to Increase Living Donor Kidney Donations and General Transplants
According to the National Kidney Foundation, there are more than 100,000 patients currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the United States. Of those, only 17…
Continue Reading »Fluid Removal during Hemodialysis: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Flythe, Part II
For this second blog post, I continued my sit-down with Dr. Jennifer Flythe, an expert on hemodialytic fluid removal, to further our discussion on where…
Continue Reading »Fluid Removal during Hemodialysis: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Flythe, Part I
As you are no doubt aware, fluid removal in hemodialysis in general, and the ultrafiltration (UF) rate in particular, have become areas of increasing attention…
Continue Reading »Understanding Annual Changes to CMS’ ESRD Quality Incentive Program
The End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP), overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), helps promote high-quality services in…
Continue Reading »13 Holiday Diet Tips to Share with Your Kidney Patients
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and New Year’s Day: These holidays and others tend to revolve around traditions that include food, which can pose a…
Continue Reading »Holiday Prep: Online Tools for the Kidney Diet
With the holidays right around the corner, it’s all the more important for your patients with kidney disease to understand and adhere to their complex…
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