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6 Foods with Added Sugar that Will Surprise You

The CDC recommends that adults keep their added sugar intake to 10% or less of their total daily calories. In a 2,000-calorie diet, that represents 12...

Sugar and sugar substitutes,

Food and drink,

Diet and nutrition,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures

How Kidney Patients Can Protect Themselves From COVID-19 in 2022

In March 2020, Patrick Gee, a former dialysis patient and five-year kidney transplant recipient, contracted COVID-19 along with his wife. After diffic...

COVID-19 vaccination,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures

How to Read a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

Reading your comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) results doesnt have to be intimidating. Use the following as a guide but remember that everyone is d...

Tests and procedures

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...

Glomerular filtration rate,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Tests and procedures

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...

Glomerular filtration rate,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Tests and procedures

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 ...

Chronic kidney disease,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Tests and procedures

Prioritizing Our Kidney Community’s Needs Amidst COVID Vaccine Campaign

As states reopen and more Americans receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines, many kidney patients still cant rest easy. They have questions about whethe...

Acute kidney injury,

COVID-19 vaccination,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures

Championing Kidney Policy In States Across the Country

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

COVID-19 vaccination,

Organ donation,

Policy and legislation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Tests and procedures

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 ...

COVID-19 vaccination,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and procedures

Stay Safe This Election Season: Get a Flu Shot!

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Flu vaccination,

Disease prevention,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Tests and procedures