by Sydney Johnston | Jul 7, 2022 | PKD Parents, Staying Healthy
Published on July 7, 2022 | Making sure your child consumes a healthy diet is an important task for all parents, but especially when your child has PKD. So, what can parents do to keep a healthy diet for their child with ARPKD? “With any complex medical diagnosis, we...
by Sydney Johnston | Dec 8, 2020 | Education, Recipes, Staying Healthy
Published December 8, 2020 | With temperatures dropping, we’re all turning to cozy comfort food. And what’s more comforting than a good soup? A PKD-friendly one! This flavorful meatball and veggie soup recipe from Chef Paigen Vondran at Children’s Hospital...
by Sydney Johnston | Oct 27, 2020 | Education, Living with PKD, Staying Healthy
Published October 27, 2020 | Before your PKD diagnosis, you probably didn’t give much thought to phosphorus and kidney disease. While it plays many important roles in keeping you healthy—including building teeth and bones, growing and repairing your body’s cells and...
by Sydney Johnston | Jul 21, 2020 | Education, Staying Healthy
Published July 21, 2020 While staying active year-round is important, exercising in the summer heat can be challenging. How do you keep active while fighting dehydration? Jennifer Shelton, a health coach in Mission, Kansas, shares five tips on summer exercising. 1....
by Sydney Johnston | May 6, 2020 | Education, Staying Healthy
Published May 5, 2020 | With a crisis like the ongoing pandemic, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by stress. So what should you do to manage stress during a pandemic? In the PKD Foundation’s new webcast series, we asked Rogosin Institute’s Director of Behavioral...
by Sydney Johnston | May 1, 2020 | Education, Staying Healthy
Kidneys are instrumental in maintaining the proper balance of nutrients in your body. They filter waste products and extra water from the blood, and they balance salts and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, sodium, and potassium circulating in the blood. Every...
