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Chronic Kidney Disease – Symptoms, Dietary Management & More

Chronic Kidney Disease – Symptoms, Dietary Management & More What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a syndrome of progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function resulting from kidney damage. It’s estimated that 37,000 people in the United States have CKD and over 800 million...

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Pain Improvement in Polycystic Kidney Disease Among Participants of the Ren-Nu Program

Pain Improvement in Polycystic Kidney Disease Among Participants of the Ren-Nu Program   Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a common genetic disorder with limited drug therapy options. PKD progresses relentlessly leading to dramatic and often painful kidney and liver enlargement. Approximately 60% of affected individuals develop chronic abdominal, flank, and...

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Dietary Ambiguities with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

Dietary Ambiguities with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) The article we will be discussing today is: What are the information needs and concerns of individuals with Polycystic Kidney Disease? Results of an online survey using Facebook and social listening analysis Tiffany Ma and Kelly Lambert (2021). BMC Nephrology...

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Nutritional management of polycystic kidney disease

Nutritional management of polycystic kidney disease What is the nutritional management of polycystic kidney disease? Dr. Thomas Weimbs, professor at the University of California Santa Barbara and president of Santa Barbara Nutrients, was invited by the PKD Charity of the UK to present a webinar on the...

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Retrospective study on ketogenic diets in individuals with ADPKD

Retrospective study on ketogenic diets in individuals with ADPKD The PKD Foundation of Canada sponsored a free webinar by Dr. Sebastian Strubl from the University of California Santa Barbara. To view the results of a retrospective study on ketogenic diets in individuals with ADPKD, please click visit: https://www.endpkd.ca/oct_webinar

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