CKD News:
Educational Blog & Newsletter

Preventing infections while on dialysis is critically important. You will learn the basics of infection prevention to help you get started.

AAKP, ASN & Home Dialyzers United updates, Inflation Reduction Act, Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center and your Fun Tip of the Day!

If you are considering home hemodialysis, learn about the training needed, medicare support, how to prepare your home & resources available.

Reliable transportation when you are on in-center hemodialysis is a vital part of staying on top of your treatments.Learn about the options.

For Caregivers: Having a family member on dialysis can be challenging. Learn how to help support your loved one on dialysis with these tips.

V.A. expands live donor care & support, AAKP Annual Summit, FDA cleared home smartphone enabled kidney function test & Fun Tip of the day!

You must be trained by a home dialysis nurse to perform home PD. Learn about what you will learn and how to prepare for your first week.

If you have been diagnosed with CKD and are on dialysis, it is important to understand the terms fluid management or fluid restriction.

New kidney transplant protocol, AKF Pruritus campaign, ADA Managing Diabetes & CKD, NKF Voices for Kidney Health, US Supreme Court ruling

If you’re worried or apprehensive about your first day of dialysis, this is completely normal.

If you or a family member are told it's time for dialysis, you are not alone. Learn the answers to commonly asked questions.

NKF launches video series, Feedback for artificial kidney developers, Living donor protection, kidney transplant calculator updates

KDIGO Genetics & CKD, Helping people w/CKD in Ukraine, Kidney Cancer Educational Webinars, FDA cleared portable Peritoneal Dialysis System

Home dialysis advocacy in action, Kidney transplant webinar, Clinical trials currently enrolling and Fun Tip of the Day!

Kidney organ transplant advocacy alert, transplant support services, Healthy.io smartphone urinalysis & NKF partnership and your Fun Tip

Happy New Year, Advocacy Alert, Educational Webinars and the Fun Tip of the Day!

New FDA EUA for COVID-19 prevention, AKF Disaster Relief Fund, FDA approval for drug to help kidney transplant recipients, Advocacy Alert

National Family Caregivers Month, Kidney Transplant Allocation Change Upheld, Newsletter Survey, Happy Thanksgiving and the Fun Tip!

ASN's Kidney Week, TRULO Transplant Rejection observational study, Living Donor Mentor Program Expansion, Gout research and the Fun Tip!

NKF/ASN race-free approach to estimate GFR, AKF Kidney Action Week & Hurricane Ida relief fund, new kidney transplant advocacy group, etc.