A1c: What does it mean?
People with diabetes or at risk for diabetes often hear from healthcare professionals or their primary care physician about controlling their A1c, but what exactly is an A1c?
The Role of the Immune System with Impaired Renal Function
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Hand Gel: What You Need to Know?
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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PSORIASIS AND KIDNEY DISEASE
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HOW TO KEEP NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS WHEN CHRONICALLY ILL
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THE FLU AND YOUR KIDNEYS
Every year you see the commercials and flyers reminding you to get your flu shot. If they serve their purpose and you get your...
The Importance of a Good Blood Flow during hemodialysis.
Healthy kidneys clean the blood 24/7. During each minute of every day, around one quart (1000ml) of blood passes through the kidney. Considering its small size, this is a huge amount of blood, much more than is received by any other organ in the body. The total blood volume of an adult is around 5-7 quarts, so it takes only minutes for one’s entire blood supply to pass through the kidney, and more and more of the body’s wastes are cleared from the blood.
The Importance of The Heart-Kidney Connection: What you should know?
If you have or are at risks for heart or kidney disease, it’s important for you to understand the connection between the heart and the kidney. Many people do not realize the importance of this connection. Let’s take a look at how the kidneys and heart work together.
HOW TO DEAL WITH ANXIETY WHILE HAVING CKD
With kidney disease, There are always things to be done or situations we can’t avoid and somehow a “friend” called anxiety always tags along....
Preventing Vision Loss If you have Diabetes: What you should know?
More than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 out of 3 of them will develop diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness among working-age American adults.