Deb Pelaez

By Elke Henneberg, consultant and editor, AAKP Delicious!The AAKP is excited to see the 7th edition of AAKP Delicious! coming to life, and we are inviting you to try 12 new recipes, which offer a mouth-watering variety of foods for you to enjoy. Who says a kidney-friendly diet is boring?

In this Innovator Series article, Alio CEO Dave J. Kuraguntla discusses the company’s innovative technology for kidney patients and how the Alio SmartPatch™ was developed to help dialysis patients and their clinical teams improve outcomes.

By Stephen Thomas, II, MSN, FNP-C and Kristin Larson, MSN, AGNP-BC, CNNAs a person with kidney disease, do you itch? If so, it’s not uncommon. In fact, lots of people with kidney disease itch, and it is seen at all stages of kidney disease, not just people on dialysis.

Pooja Desai, Ph.D., US Medical Director - Renal, AstraZenecaLiving with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be challenging, especially when considering the risk of developing other medical conditions.

National High Potassium Awareness Day is on May 1 (5.1). The SAFE range for your blood potassium level is considered to be under 5.1 (3.5 -5.0 mEq/L). Learn more about high potassium and kidney disease this National High Potassium Awareness Day and get educational resources at www.AreYouOk.org.

April is National Donate Life Month, so it’s quite fitting that on April 24, 2023, Ericka Downey will celebrate her five-year anniversary of being a living kidney donor. This month and every month, help spread the word about the need and opportunity for living kidney donors.

“I Am More Than My Kidney Disease…” AAKP Ambassadors RespondMarch is National Kidney Month. Help spread the word about kidney disease this month by sharing your personal story, along with educational resources, with your friends, family, and community. Kidney disease is a silent killer–let’s end the silence.

In this Innovator Series article, AAKP interviews Joe Tector, MD, PhD, FACS, Founder of Makana TherapeuticsFounded in 2009, Makana Therapeutics is focused on developing pigs with reduced xenoantigen expression, making human transplantation of cells, tissues, and organs from these animals possible.