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AN INTERVIEW WITH TEJAS DESAI, MD, SENIOR MEDICAL DIRECTORTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions it left on you as a fellow human being?The experience that stands out most for me was during my training at NYU.

By John Laisure, PA-C, Pediatric Nephrology (kidney) and Hypertension Clinics, Brenner Children’s and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist120/80? How does my child have high blood pressure (hypertension)? I thought that was normal. Why does my child’s doctor keep changing what normal blood pressure should be?

HOW ONE PEDIATRIC KIDNEY PATIENT DANCES THROUGH IT ALLBy Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterGenevieve is 16 years old and loves to dance. Dancing has been a constant passion in her life since she was three years old.

Targeting APOL1, a genetic cause of severe kidney diseaseSponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedCertain differences in our DNA can put some people at higher risk of disease—but understanding these differences gives us an opportunity to develop potential treatments.What is DNA?

Myles Wolf, MD, MMSc for the HiLo Steering CommitteeWhat is the best blood level of phosphate for people with kidney failure on dialysis? An Update on the HiLo TrialHyperphosphatemia, defined as having too much phosphate in the blood, is a common problem in kidney patients receiving dialysis.

By Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FASN, AAKP Medical Advisory Board Chair, and Michelle (Misha) L. Nguyen, Senior Fitness SpecialistFebruary was rodeo season in my hometown of Houston, Texas. Here is where young cowboys compete to stay on a 2,000-pound snorting, ornery, bucking, kicking, and twisting bull for at least eight seconds.

David’s battle with kidney disease began in high school in Highland Park, New Jersey. He dreamed about following in his older brother’s footsteps of playing football in high school and college. During his routine sports physical, his doctor said there was protein in his urine.

In 1992, in her mid-twenties, Tiffany Fisher was diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure) after having her second child. During a routine check-up, her healthcare team noticed her high blood pressure and sent her to her primary doctor. This is when she was formally diagnosed with hypertension.

National Itch Day is June 3 - Let’s “Stop the Itch”!Many dialysis patients experience severe itching. This condition is called Chronic Kidney Disease Associated Pruritis (CKD-aP).AAKP Ambassador Jonathan Traylor has a family history of diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure).