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Recent Study Gives New Information on Blood Pressure Management During Surgery

The Kidney Foundation of Canada extends a warm congratulations to Dr. Amit Garg, a nephrologist at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), and his team for publishing the results of their clinical trial study in Kidney International, the highest impact journal for kidney re...

Sarah's Story

I’m a young mom, an entrepreneur, an educator … and a kidney patient. When I was four years old, I was diagnosed with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, which caused my kidneys to function at only 50%. For the next 20 years, I did my best to live as normal a life as possible. But a...

Body Image and Self-Esteem: Men's Health

Body Image & Self Esteem Part 2: Men’s Health will share perspectives from men with kidney disease. Our patient partners will discuss issues like stretch marks, hair and weight changes, dialysis access and dating with CKD (chronic kidney disease). This webinar will empower yo...

Tailoring a Pathway for Mental Health Care for Albertans on Dialysis

General Audience Summary “I have met many, many medical staff that are scared of depression and anxiety. Any mental health issues - they don’t even wanna talk about them, period. So, if they’re asking the depression question and think, ‘Oh my goodness. He is a seven out of ...

Vitamin D and frailty: longitudinal assessment of risk factors in adults with diabetes and chronic k

Lay Summary One of the most common problems in people with kidney disease is the high frequency of having several coinciding medical conditions such as osteoporosis and frailty leading to bone fractures, falls, lifelong health problems and reduced health related quality o...

Liz's Story

We all want our lives to have meaning. We all want to feel appreciated and loved. My mom’s life was all of that, and now, I’m doing my best to follow her loving example.  My mom was a wonderful person. She was a woman ahead of her time, having the good fortune to go to McGi...

Canadians Need to Know More About Kidney Health

March is Kidney Health Month A recent poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of The Kidney Foundation of Canada found that the majority of Canadians – 59% – admit they don’t know anything about kidney disease and 48% of people don’t know if they themselves may be at risk 1 . Fur...

Access and barriers to advanced kidney failure therapies among patients from African, Caribbean and

Lay Abstract On average, African, Caribbean or Black (ACB) Canadians have high risk of kidney failure but have less than half the chance of receiving a live donor kidney transplant, which is the best treatment for kidney failure. Therefore, ACB patients with kidney failure ...

Development of a self-management workbook to improve quality of life in kidney transplant recipients

Lay Summary Organ transplantation is a lifesaving procedure that prolongs the life of people with kidney disease. Although it is well known that, in comparison to dialysis, transplantation improves the quality of life (QOL) of patients with end-stage kidney disease, the re...

Studying stakeholders’ perspectives on ethical and logistical issues related to advanced and voucher

Lay Summary Living kidney transplantation offers the best medical outcomes for end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Prior to the launch of kidney paired donation programs (KPDs), the living kidney donor had to be compatible with his intended recipient.  KPD provides the ...

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