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If you have stage 4 kidney disease, it is important for you to: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) happens if your kidneys have been damaged. Kidneys can be...

A kidney transplant is an operation that places a healthy kidney into your body. The kidney can come from someone who has died or from a living donor....

While most Americans can recite their cholesterol numbers and know their personal risk for heart disease, few have any idea if their kidneys are perfo...

The decision to start dialysis is a very personal one that a patient should make together with his nephrologist. It may involve others, such as your f...

Kidney Disease - The Basics Kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney disease or CKD, causes more deaths than breast cancer or prostate cancer(N...

For many people, healthy fast food is a contradiction. But according to the National Kidney Foundation, healthy, fast foods do exist, so its not ne...

You may have heard about the Affordable Care Act, but more likely youve heard it called Obamacare. Whatever you call it, it is the law of the land ...

Making healthy food choices is important to us all, but it is even more important if you have kidney disease. Proper nutrition gives you energy to do ...

A NKF Advocate is someone who has been affected by kidney disease, donation or transplant and who wants to empower and educate others. These include p...