The Kidney Group Opening A New Home Dialysis Facility
Brandi, one of our Peritoneal Dialysis patients, is on her way to getting a #kidney #transplant. Our program has over 8 times the national average for transplant. We thank our Kidney Group team, our PD nurses, dietician, and our wonderful social worker, Paola. Brandi is shown […]
Kidney Dialysis Patient Finds Time For Fitness
Kidney patient Joan, age 69, heads to her fitness training session at dawn three times a week. From there she heads to dialysis. She considers dialysis a “part time” job and says she is developing “Michele Obama” arms. Maybe time to think about a transplant, Joan!
Caring For Your Kidneys
America is inundated everyday with health news. With the well-founded worries about cancer, heart disease and diabetes — among many — we often forget about the little things. Like our kidneys. The fact is that nearly 8 million Americans have seriously reduced kidney function. African Americans have a four times greater risk of developing kidney […]
Incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 (CKD3) By Age
Happy World Kidney Day From The Kidney Group
Today is World Kidney Day. Spend a few minutes thinking about the tremendous job these two little wonders do purifying our blood, regulating our blood pressure, and regulating our mineral and bone metabolism…just to mention a few of their many functions.
Barbara Valle Presents Social Media and Chronic Kidney Disease at ADC in Seattle
Congratulations to The #Kidney Group’s Clinical Nurse Specialist, Barbara Valle, on her successful presentations at the Annual #Dialysis Conference this week in Seattle, WA. Barbara spoke on “Social Media and Chronic Kidney Disease Education” and “Social Media and Maintaining Your Peritoneal Dialysis Population”. The Kidney Group has Twitter’s most followed private practice Nephrology account. She […]
Shocking Amounts of Sugar in Common Beverages
This simple science project dramatically illustrates the huge amount of sugar Americans (including children) are consuming in their choice of drinks. A solution-water. A smart choice anyway you look at it.
Surgical Specifics Regarding Gastric Bypass Surgery in PD Patients
We have had a few comments on our recent publication on Gastric Bypass in PD Patients from surgeons wanting to know specifics regarding the surgical technique. These questions are best directed at our surgeon, Dr. Nestor De La Cruz from The Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. His Twitter is https://twitter.com/drdelacruz. He […]
10 Facts and Myths About Lupus
10 Facts (And Myths) About Lupus Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. In lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system, […]
Why You Need An AVF For Hemodialysis
If you have decided on Hemodialysis as your choice for Renal Replacement Therapy, you require the placement of an AVF-arterio-venous fistula, hopefully prior to the initiation of dialysis, as it needs about 2 months to fully mature. This article is reprinted from the Southeastern Kidney Council, and drives […]
