Kidneydiseaseusa.com is a free source of kidney disease related information. We are not medical professionals and provide this free of charge for public consumption to improve awareness and suggest ways to better cope with the disease. By no means should you take our recommendations as medical advice, rather we always recommend that you consult with your Doctor, Nephrologist, or other kidney disease professional for your specific care plan and recommended actions.
Usage of our site involves your understanding that these recommendations are as such and do not replace professional accredited advice.
While we seek to keep our information up to date, and base our recommendations from accredited and trusted sources in the kidney care industry, there is always potential for incorrect information.
We continually fact check and cross reference our data, some of which is sourced via automated web page scraping routines, API’s and direct quotes from medical professionals. While we do our best to omit any bias and base all on scientific and medical fact, our blog is to be treated as opinion as most articles are not written by medical professionals or scientists. the intent of the blog is to allow for a combination of advice, success (and failure) stories from those suffering from the disease, thiwer family members and industry professionals.
For forum members and blog replies, we require registration. We collect some basic information as required for proper site operation, some of which is optional and voluntary to disclose. At a basic level we require that posters share (and validate) the following information: email address. We also require however do not validate this information: First Name. Additionally we optionally collect the following information in order for certain functions involving location search and local information: Zip Code. Finally we optionally allow posters to share their situation for classifying blog entries properly: Poster Type (Kidney disease patient, family member, Nephrologist, Nutritionist, Other Kidney Disease professional such as a Dialysis tech, RN, Lab Technician or similar).
We do not use or share this information for marketing purposes, outside notification to members of new blog content such as blog posts and replies, and for querying map, insurance and provider api’s, and for scheduling and sharing details of local support group events. We may also email you updates to insurance and medicare details if deemed relevant or significant.
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Effective Date: 25th day of April, 2025