by Sydney Johnston | Jan 19, 2023 | Education, Transplantation
Published on January 17, 2023 | If you have PKD, your nephrology team may one day recommend that you be evaluated for a kidney transplant. Here’s what New Orleans nephrologists Zohreh Soltani, M.D., of Ochsner Medical Center, and Siddhartha Bajracharya, M.D., of...
by Sydney Johnston | Oct 20, 2022 | Education
Published on October 20, 2022 | Have you ever thought about your PKD legacy? This week, we’re celebrating National Estate Planning Awareness Week. One way to create a PKD legacy is by including the PKD Foundation in your estate plan. Estate Plan Basics...
by Sydney Johnston | Aug 2, 2022 | Education
Published on August 2, 2022 | Planning meals and snacks requires extra effort when you have PKD. But if you have both PKD and diabetes, the process can be even more challenging. While a PKD diet and a diabetes diet overlap in many ways, the recommendations for each...
by Sydney Johnston | Jul 26, 2022 | Education, Recipes
Published on July 26, 2022 | Summer is in full swing and it seems like all over the country people are experiencing heat waves. How about a refreshing salad to beat the heat? This recipe for a PKD-friendly summertime salad from our cookbook, Cooking Well, is low in...
by Sydney Johnston | Jun 14, 2022 | Education
Published on June 14, 2022 | With polycystic kidney disease, there is a 50% chance of passing the disease to children. Due to the high chance of passing PKD to future generations, many have questions about genetic testing. To better understand the role of genetic...
by Sydney Johnston | May 31, 2022 | Education
Published on May 31, 2022 | In the early 2000s, the PKD Connect Conference originated as the PKD Foundation National Convention. This educational event brings together every part of the PKD community to provide information, research, tools, resources, and networking...
