Dialysis Types
A treatment that does some of the things done by healthy kidneys, dialysis is needed when your kidneys can no longer take care of your body's needs. Although many people ...
Patient Education
We will provide leadership in nephrology and transplantation both locally and nationally.
Stroke Warning Signs
According to the American Stroke Association, someone in America has a stroke every 45 seconds, and every three minutes, someone dies from one. Those are staggering statistics. High blood pressure increases the chance of ...
Peripheral Artery Disease
As many as 8 to 12 million Americans have peripheral artery disease (PAD). Three out of four don't even have symptoms and mistake what signs they do have for something else. ...
Hypertension and Organ Failure
Since hypertension can develop slowly without symptoms, it can cause serious organ damage. In fact, even slight increases in blood pressure have been known to cause kidney and heart damage. Severe ...
Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
When the blood supply to part of the heart muscle (myocardium) is severely reduced or stopped, a heart attack occurs, i.e., a myocardial infarction. This reduction or stoppage happens when ...
Monitoring Your Blood Pressure
It's great to get your blood pressure checked frequently by your physician, but if you have a problem with hypertension, you may want to check it more frequently on your ...
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