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With COVID-19 guidelines changing and new treatments being created, some people with kidney disease, those on dialysis, and kidney transplant recipien...

As someone with kidney disease or a transplant, you probably know that getting a flu shot can offer the best protection from this severe disease. But ...

In the past, some medical calculations, like the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), included race in their estimates. After countless hours ...

In 2007, Ryan Shay, a professional athlete, collapsed during the US Olympic Marathon trials and later passed away from heart failure related to a pree...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...