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Educational resources on chronic kidney disease, diet, dialysis, transplantation, and more — curated by your CCN care team.
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A rotating focus on a single kidney health topic — updated regularly by your CCN care team.
Diet & Nutrition
Bilingual guides to help you eat well and protect your kidney health.
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Education
Resources on understanding CKD, slowing its progression, and living well with kidney disease.
An overview of chronic kidney disease — stages, causes, and what to expect.
Content coming soonLifestyle and medication strategies to preserve kidney function over time.
Content coming soonWhat your creatinine, BUN, GFR, and other kidney labs actually mean.
Understanding Your Lab Values, kidney.orgEducation
Understanding your dialysis options — hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and home dialysis.
How in-center and home hemodialysis works, and what to expect at your sessions.
Hemodialysis Guide (English) — Kidney.org Hemodiálisis (Español) — Kidney.orgHow PD works, including CAPD and automated PD, and how to do it at home.
Peritoneal Dialysis (English) — Kidney.org Diálisis Peritoneal (Español) — Kidney.orgAccess planning, vascular access, dietary changes, and what questions to ask.
Content coming soonEducation
Information on kidney transplant evaluation, the waitlist, living donors, and post-transplant care.
What the transplant evaluation process involves and who may be eligible.
Content coming soonHow living kidney donation works and how to talk to a potential donor.
Content coming soonMedications, monitoring, and lifestyle after receiving a kidney transplant.
Content coming soonEducation
In-depth information on specific kidney and related conditions managed at CCN.
IgA nephropathy, membranous nephropathy, FSGS, lupus nephritis, and more.
Content coming soonTypes of kidney stones, metabolic workup, treatment, and prevention strategies.
Content coming soonHow high blood pressure damages the kidneys and how to manage both together.
Content coming soonHow diabetes affects the kidneys and what can be done to slow progression.
Content coming soonPolycystic kidney disease — genetics, monitoring, and treatment options.
Content coming soonSodium, potassium, bicarbonate, and phosphorus — when levels go wrong.
Content coming soonThis information is for general kidney health education. It is not a substitute for medical advice. Always talk with your own medical provider about your care.