Why Is My Blood Pressure Uncontrolled? Understanding Resistant and Secondary Hypertension
Blood pressure that stays high despite several medications may be resistant hypertension. Learn how clinicians confirm it, find hidden causes, and treat them.
Nephrology Articles
Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension: What Patients With Kidney Disease Should Know
Renal denervation for refractory hypertension is gaining attention, but current evidence supports it as an adjunctive option for selected patients rather than definitive therapy.
Kidney Transplant Evaluation: What to Expect
A kidney transplant evaluation is a multi-specialty review that decides whether you are ready for the waiting list. Here is when it starts, what tests to expect, and how offers work.
What Are Medium Cut-off Dialyzers? A Focused Update on This Newer Hemodialysis Filter
How medium cut-off dialyzers clear more middle molecules, what the trials show so far, and where this newer filter stands in U.S. clinics today.
- CKD | Diagnosis | Management
Hyponatremia Is Often a Water Problem, Not a Salt Problem
Your lab report says low sodium, but the real problem is usually water balance, not a salt shortage. What hyponatremia means, what drives it, and how your care team finds the cause.
- CKD | Diet | Management
What Does a Low CO2 Number Mean? Metabolic Acidosis in CKD
What a low CO2 or bicarbonate number really means in CKD: the kidney-lung partnership, why acid builds up, renal tubular acidosis, and where alkali therapy stands.
Hidden Risks and Careful Choices: Botanical Supplements for CKD Inflammation
What the research actually says about botanical anti-inflammatories in CKD: where evidence is thin, what guidelines advise, and how to decide safely with your care team.
- CKD | Diet | Management
Potassium Management in Advanced CKD: Are Bananas Forbidden Fruit?
Which foods to limit, cooking tricks that cut potassium, new binder medications, and the drug interactions to know for managing hyperkalemia in advanced CKD.
