Polycystic Kidney Disease has plagued many families throughout the world, including my own. It often leads to kidney failure and a need for dialysis or transplantation. I was diagnosed with PKD at the age of 21 I never envisioned all that I would experience as life moved forward. This will be a journey of humor, sadness, desperation, love, frustration and all other emotions that come with spending a life bound to a machine you learn to love to hate keeping me alive. Blessings
Friday, November 27, 2015
Equations Used in Placing Patients on Kidney Transplant Waitlists yields varying results
http://www.nephrologynews.com/study-finds-equations-used-place-patients-kidney-transplant-waitlists-yield-varying-results-might-lead-disparities/
Top 5 Active Transplant Centers for 2014
http://www.nephrologynews.com/top-5-active-transplant-centers-2014-look-waitlist/
Native Americans Have Decreased Access to Kidney Transplants
http://www.nephrologynews.com/native-americans-have-decreased-access-to-kidney-transplants/
FDA Approves Opdivo to Treat Renal Cell Cancer
http://www.nephrologynews.com/fda-approves-opdivo-to-treat-renal-cell-carcinoma/
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
First US Patient discusses wearable kidney
http://www.nephrologynews.com/1st-u-s-patient-discusses-wearable-artificial-kidney-trial/
Fluid removal
http://www.nephrologynews.com/pcori-grant-to-fund-dialysis-patient-and-provider-education-on-fluid-removal-misses-the-mark/
Monday, November 23, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Treating Dialysis Patients INDIVIDUALLY according to needs is VITAL
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/hyperphosphatemia/individual-variability-overlooked-in-uncontrolled-hyperphosphatemia/article/454687/
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Low Income, Minority Status Affect Medical Care Wait Times
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/practice-management/low-income-minorities-long-doctor-visit-wait-time/article/443650/
Emerging MRA based Treatment for Dialysis patients
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/commentary/mineralocorticoid-receptor-antagonists-dialysis-esrd/article/380427/
Friday, November 20, 2015
New Stem Cell kidneys??
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-11-stem-cell-derived-kidneys-blood-vessels.html
Thursday, November 19, 2015
PKD Foundation Partners with ASN
http://pkdconnection.org/pkd-foundation-news/pkd-foundation-partners-with-asn-to-attract-more-early-career-scientists-to-pkd
High Phosphorus in HD patients linked to Cerebral Hemorrhage
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/kidney-week-2015-hyperphosphatemia/high-phosphorus-cerebral-hemorrhage-linked-in-hd-patients/article/452218/?
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Almost half of Americans with hypertension remain uncontrolled
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/hypertension/half-of-americans-have-uncontrolled-hypertension/article/453655/?DCMP=EMC-RENALUROLOGY_TODAYSUPDATE&cpn=&hmSubId=GZu1QEuiqfM1&hmEmail=Hr-MCCt-poAnhNjp7t5PXVeRWY7ycbnr0&NID=&dl=0&spMailingID=12984015&spUserID=MjI2OTM0NjYxODY0S0&spJobID=661195048&spReportId=NjYxMTk1MDQ4S0
Friday, November 13, 2015
ASN conference showcases NEW technology for dialysis
http://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/126-cool-stuff-from-the-2015-american-society-of-nephrology-meeting
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Why are some people happier than others
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22396/what-makes-one-person-happier-than-the-next-hint-its-not-money.html?utm_source=mbg&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=151103-what-makes-one-person-happier-than-the-next-hint-its-not-money
http://www.nephrologynews.com/payment-reform-led-less-home-hemodialysis-use/
http://www.nephrologynews.com/payment-reform-led-less-home-hemodialysis-use/
Kidney Transplant survival rates higher than HHD
http://www.nephrologynews.com/studies-show-kidney-transplant-patients-higher-survival-rates-home-hemodialysis/
First U.S. trial of wearable artificial kidney SUCCESSFUL
http://www.nephrologynews.com/first-us-trial-wearable-artificial-kidney-successful/
Nephrology workforce continues to shrink
http://www.nephrologynews.com/nephrology-workforce-continues-to-shrink/
dialysis mortality rates fall
http://www.nephrologynews.com/dialysis-patient-mortality-rates-fall-20-five-years/
NEW Artificial Kidney??
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/scientists-develop-new-surgically-implantable-artificial-kidney-end-organ-scarcity-1482288#.VkR6vTTpA6A.facebook
Monday, November 9, 2015
Thursday, November 5, 2015
6 tips for Healthy Holiday Eating "NKF"
https://www.kidney.org/content/6-tips-healthy-holiday-eating
3 sets of twins *AFTER* a kidney transplant!! You go girl. Amazing
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/dailyfeatures/three-forks-mother-has-third-set-of-twins/article_daf31b24-6174-5b80-bc70-75a530755f9b.html
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
New Dialysis System by NxStage?
http://www.nephrologynews.com/nxstage-releases-details-on-new-dialysis-systems/
L-Carnitine improves cardiac function in HDialysis patients
http://www.renalandurologynews.com/hemodialysis/levocarnitine-improves-cardiac-function-in-hemodialysis-patients/article/450852/
Top 5 active transplant centers
http://www.nephrologynews.com/top-5-active-transplant-centers-2014-look-waitlist/
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