Kidney Disease

By: Michael Moustakakis, MD, Group Medical Director for DaVita Extreme heat waves trigger standard public health advice everywhere: Drink plenty of water. For the general public, it’s a vital strategy to stay healthy and avoid heatstroke. But for the approximately 550,000 Americans living with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and managing life on dialysis, this […]

For Franz Nolan, hearing the words “kidney failure” brought back difficult memories. His father’s long struggle with kidney disease made the idea of dialysis feel overwhelming. “I’d just…

For Todd Mayfield, a Navy veteran and engineer, kidney disease has always been a topic of conversation in his family…