Your Kidney Connection
COVID-19 Vaccines and People with Kidney Disease
Thanks to the groundbreaking work of leading medical experts, each COVID-19 vaccine has proven highly-effective at preventing patients from getting the virus. Getting vaccinated can help keep you and your family healthy and safe. Read the entire American Kidney...
How Does Kidney Disease Affect Mental Health?
If you have kidney disease and have experienced feelings of stress, depression and anxiety, you are not alone. We often talk about the effect kidney disease has on the body but living with kidney disease (whether you have chronic kidney disease (CKD), are on...
Clinical Trials Day
Clinical Trials Day is a well-deserved ‘time out’ to recognize the people who conduct clinical trials and to say “thanks” for what they do every day to improve public health. This day of celebration also provides our community with a unique opportunity to raise...
Managing Stress and Kidney Disease
Part of living with chronic kidney disease is finding ways to cope with feelings like stress. For many, a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can come as a complete surprise and create feelings of anxiety, disbelief or denial. You may not even realize...
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
Balboa Nephrology Medical Group supports #mentalhealthawareness all this month. Learning you have kidney disease is a complete change of lifestyle and there is no shame in asking for help. Reach out to our friends at ReMend for no-cost, peer to peer mentoring for...
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Balboa Nephrology Medical Group celebrates Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month! The month of May was designated as the month to recognize the contributions and influence Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans have made to the history, culture and...
May is National Military Appreciation Month
Balboa Nephrology Medical Group proudly supports National Military Appreciate Month (NMAM). Since 1999 when Senator John McCain introduced legislation to designate the month of May as National Military Appreciation Month, many events across the United States take...
April is National Donate Life Month
National Donate Life Month helps to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation. Learn how people save lives through organ and tissue donation and register...
