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What Your Urine Says About Your Kidney Health

This might be an awkward question, but have you had your pee tested lately? A urinalysis or urine test gives healthcare professionals a clearer pictur...

Tests and procedures,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Disease prevention

Pushing for Kidney Disease Screenings to Help the Patients that Need Them Most

Both the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Coalition for Kidney Health (C4KH), a multi-stakeholder group of partners convened by NKF, recently...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Tests and procedures,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Patient advocacy

A New Way to Diagnose Kidney Disease

Having an accurate eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) result is essential for managing kidney disease. In partnership with the American Soci...

Tests and procedures,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Glomerular filtration rate

Changes to eGFR Calculation and What that Means for People Living with Kidney Disease

Having an accurate eGFR result is essential for managing kidney disease (KD). Important decisions like diagnosing KD, determining drug dosing, when to...

Tests and procedures,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Glomerular filtration rate

Congress Joins NKF and USPSTF for US Preventive Services Task Force Kidney Disease Screening Recommendation

Last year, NKFs Coalition for Kidney Health (CKH) sent a letter to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommending that they institute ...

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Tests and procedures,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Chronic kidney disease

COVID-19 Fears Don’t End After Being Tested

By Fiona McKinney, Kidney Patient andKidney Advocacy CommitteeMember A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for an article about fears and concerns of ...

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Acute kidney injury

We're All Right

Hayley and Tim’s relationship started out pretty uneventfully. But a few months after they started dating things changed. “He texted me January 11th&n...

Tests and procedures,

Children and adolescents,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Prenatal testing

5 Signs Your Kidneys or Heart Could be in Trouble

Diabetes and high blood pressure can cause damage to both the heart and kidneys. Many people don’t experience severe symptoms until their kidney or he...

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures,

Cardiovascular disease,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

High blood pressure

Oral Sodium Phosphate Safety Alerts

Oral Sodium Phosphate Safety Alerts Include In TOC On Top Margin Default Bottom Margin Default Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4...

Tests and procedures,

Diseases and conditions,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Acute kidney injury

Ureteroscopy

Ureteroscopy uses a small scope to diagnose and treat urinary tract issues, like removing stones. It's an outpatient procedure with a low risk of...

Tests and procedures,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,