AAKP HealthLine Webinar: Coping with Kidney Disease: Making the Transition from Pediatric Patient to Adulthood
Speakers: Richard Miller, MD, FAAP, FCCP
Cortnie Johnson, Patient Video Link
https://attendee.gotowebinar.
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The Importance of Exercise for all Stages of Kidney Disease
AAKP HealthLine Webinar: The Importance of Exercise for all Stages of Kidney Disease
Learn from Dr. Patricia Painter the importance of staying fit, how to incorporate exercise regardless of your stage of kidney disease or modality and the overall benefits of being the healthiest you possible. Video Link
https://attendee.
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The Balancing Act – Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease
The Hidden P….Understanding the Effects of High Potassium in Kidney Disease
Understanding and Managing Fabry Disease
Living Donation: The Medical, Patient and Donor Perspectives
AAKP Receives Grant to Continue the Fabry Family Testing & Education Project with Partner Emory University
TAMPA, FLA – The AAKP is pleased to announce it has received a five-year grant from Sanofi Genzyme to continue the Fabry Family Testing & Education Project (FFTEP).
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AAKP Names Marketing and Communications Manager
AAKP Names New Marketing and Communications Manager
The American Association of Kidney Patients, the nation’s oldest patient-centered kidney organization, has named Sarah McConnell as its new Marketing and Communications Manager.
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A Caregiver’s Wish List: Tips on How Dialysis Patients Can Help Their Caregivers
For many adults, having to be dependent on someone else is not easy. People living with a chronic illness often experience a decline in health as the illness progresses. This decline may require more assistance from others for even the most basic tasks, such as bathing and toileting.
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Dialysis While You Sleep – An Alternative Therapy
There are more than 26 million Americans who suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), 350,000 need dialysis. Of those, 93 percent received hemodialysis (HD) at the end of 2007, and the remaining 7 percent were treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) at home. In addition, there were about 3,000 patients using home hemodialysis (HHD)
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