Category Archives: Exercise – Fitness
Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle and All-Cause Mortality in CKD
Hemodialysis.com Author Interview with
Ana C. Ricardo, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology
Hemodialysis.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Ricardo: We conducted a study to evaluate the association of four lifestyle factors (healthy diet, regular physical activity, body mass index and abstinence from smoking) with all-cause mortality among participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 (NHANES III) with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Marie Benz, MD on Google+Fitness Tips for Dialysis Patients
Fresenius Medical Care Urges Dialysis Patients to Stay Active Offers Fitness Tips
- Talk to your physician before starting an exercise program. Heart problems or difficulty walking, for example, may influence which activities are most appropriate.
- Choose an activity you enjoy, such as walking, biking, dancing, gardening, swimming or yoga.
- Start slow, beginning with 10 or 15 minutes of daily activity. Add more time after one or two weeks.
Exercise attenuates renal dysfunction with preservation of myocardial function in chronic kidney disease
Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Dr. Rafael da Silva Luiz
Laboratório de Fisiologia e Fisiopatologia Renal
Hemodialysis.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Rafael da Silva Luiz : It was observed that exercises overload can also be a non-drug treatment options for chronic kidney disease, because have a substantial decrease in proteinuria (around 50%) and in the glomerular sclerosis (16%).
