April 2018 PKD e-News
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's April e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
PKD Foundation of Canada Awarded the Upper Canada Medal
On Monday, April 9, the PKD Foundation of Canada attended the Can-SOLVE CKD SPOR Initiative reception where we were awarded the Pewter Upper Canada Medal by the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation for our support of Dr. York Pei’s Hereditary Kidney Disease Clinic at Toronto General Hospital. We wish...
The FDA Approves JYNARQUE™ as the First Treatment in the United States for Adult Patients with ADPKD
We’re excited to announce that on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval of JYNARQUE™ (pronounced jin-AR-kew and also known as tolvaptan) to be the first treatment in the United States for adult patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common...
March 2018 PKD e-News
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's March e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
Quebec City PKD Patient Forum
We are hosting a FREE PKD Patient Forum in Quebec City! If you, your family or loved ones live in the area, join us and members of the local PKD community to learn more about PKD and what resources are available...
National Kidney Month & World Kidney Day!
Kidney Month is recognized in March across Canada and the United States. We spend this time raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health, and to reduce the frequency and impact kidney disease and its associated health problems have on an international level. We encourage you...
February 2018 PKD e-News
Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's February e-News! Here you will find information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
January 2018 PKD e-News
Check out the PKD Foundation of Canada's January e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.
Brenda Conway, Fall River NS | Voices of PKD
"I was diagnosed with PKD in 2003 at the age of 33. My diagnosis was a shock, as I didn’t know of any family members being affected. I reached out to my father’s family in BC, whom we had never met, and discovered that my cousin had been diagnosed around the same...
Post Event Summary of Science Café: Perspectives on PKD
Submitted by Chiara Gamberi, Ph. D. Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Concordia University