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General Audience Summary Purpose: In patients with the most severe form of chronic kidney disease, blood pressure (BP) control can be difficult as the margin of error between a too low BP and a too high BP is quite thin. Keeping the BP in the appropriate range helps minimis...

Virtual Forum: March 8-9, 2023

Virtual Forum 2023: Living Your Best Life with Kidney Disease  Our third free virtual educational forum will be held on March 8-9, 2023.  The program has been developed in partnership with people living with kidney disease and it will bring together patients, transplant ...

Kidney Transplant

With advances in kidney transplant methods and anti-rejection medications, a kidney transplant is considered the best way to treat kidney failure for many people. It can result in a quality of life similar to what you were experiencing before your kidneys began to fail.  If yo...

Flu Season is Coming - Don’t Forget to Get Your Shots!

Beyond the changing colours and prospect of flakes of snow, the cooler temperatures also mark the start of cold and flu season. People living with kidney disease are at higher risk from severe illness from both the flu and COVID-19, so it's crucial to take precautions. You ma...

Jason's Story

Laying in a hospital bed for three weeks does a lot to a person. Especially to a man who doesn’t believe he belongs there. I had lost a lot of weight. I was exercising regularly and eating well. I didn’t smoke or drink. I had made travel promises to my wife and kids. Getting...

Removal of mitochondrial health to improve the outcome of acute kidney injury

Acute kidney injury is the most common renal disease with no effective treatment. Acute kidney injury affects 3-7% of hospitalized patients with a patient mortality rate that exceeds that of breast and prostate cancers, heart failure and diabetes combined. After adverse kidney...

Describing Gut Microbiota in People with Chronic Kidney Disease

Lay Abstract A Deep Dive Into Understanding Gut Bacteria in Kidney Disease Background: People with kidney disease have more inflammation compared to the general population. This inflammation can show up in many ways, such as making gut health worse by damaging the good bact...

KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors (KINDEST CCS)

Supervisor(s): Michael Zappitelli Lay Summary Background : Due to better cancer research and treatments, more children with cancer are surviving, and for longer. However, childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at high risk for many complications later in life. During cance...

Can Treatment with Lipid-lowering Medications Attenuate the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke in patie

Supervisor(s): Aminu Bello Lay summary Background: Heart disease and strokes are major concerns for people undergoing dialysis, a treatment for severe kidney failure. Patients on dialysis have a significantly higher risk of serious medical conditions, such as heart att...

Elizabeth Myles

Elizabeth Myles National Executive Director Elizabeth Myles has led The Kidney Foundation of Canada since 2015 as National Executive Director, based in Montreal, Quebec. Under her leadership, the Foundation is focused on improving patient outcomes and ultimately finding a...

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