Blog - PKD Foundation of Canada

April 2023 PKD e-News

Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's April e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.

Kidney Nutrition: Fluids and PKD

Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) or have been living with it for a while, you’ve probably heard you need to be drinking more fluids. This is one of the first and probably most challenging nutrition recommendations to follow with PKD. While this is good nutrition...

Join the ADPKD and Aneurysm Study at University of Maryland

ADPKD is the most common genetic form of kidney failure. Patients with ADPKD can have issues in other organs beyond the kidney. Dilation of blood vessels in the brain, brain aneurysms, are more common in patients with ADPKD and can result in neurological damage. Researchers at the University of Maryland are...

March 2023 PKD e-News

Welcome to the PKD Foundation of Canada's March e-News! We have provided information important to helping you take action in your journey with PKD.

Webinar Recording Now Available: All About Polycystic Kidney Disease

This Webinar was an overview of polycystic kidney disease, the pathway to transplant and how the PKD Foundation of Canada can support you. The webinar recording is now available!

Voices of PKD: Judith Belair-Kyle

"Hi! It’s me, Judith, who told my story here almost a year ago. Since that time, a lot of things have changed. I am now transplanted with a new kidney, which a stranger gave to me thanks to my search for a donor on social media! I was asked to...

March 9th is World Kidney Day!

World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.

Webinar Recording Now Available: Medical Cannabis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Thank you to those who tuned in for our webinar, “Medical Cannabis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.” We were joined by Dr. Micheli Bevilacqua, a nephrologist, Dr. Dan Martinusen and Dr. Claudia Ho, pharmacists, and Paul Watson, a PKD patient. The webinar recording is now available!