When you visit your physician to be screened for kidney disease, he or she will measure certain aspects of your physical health. Some or all of the following tests may be used to check your health. Ask your healthcare team which tests you will have and how often they will be done. If your numbers […]
Celebration of Life and Legacy Pictures
On a beautiful Sunday, family, co-workers, and friends came to celebrate the life’s of Cathy and Darrel Hirt. True pillars of the community, they will always be remembered and loved.
Welcome Dr. Saravanan Bala
Tarrant Nephrology Associates would like to welcome Dr. Saravanan Balamuthusamy (Bala), MD, FASN to the team. Dr. Bala received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the Madras Medical College and Research Institute in Chennai, India and his Masters of Public Health from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. He is a professional […]
Congratulations to Dr. Nguyen
Tarrant Nephrology is excited to congratulate one of our physicians, Dr. Phuc Nguyen, DO, on being named “Physician of the Month” as Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth. We are proud of Dr. Nguyen and the hard work he puts in to helping all of his patients. The award is given, based on a vote by hospital employees […]
Know Your Numbers
When you visit your physician to be screened for kidney disease, he or she will measure certain aspects of your physical health. Some or all of the following tests may be used to check your health. Ask your healthcare team which tests you will have and how often they will be done. If your numbers are […]
Women’s Health Risks and CKD
More Women Diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease More than 10% of people, or more than 20 million, aged 20 years or older in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD). One population group that has seen an increase in occurrences of kidney failure is women who are older (50+ years old) and African American. […]
Child Death Risk from End-Stage Kidney Disease Declines
A new study indicates that improvements in dialysis have led to lower rates of death for children and adolescents with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). This is certainly great news for children with ESKD. Scientists identified a total of 23,401 children and adolescents who initiated ESKD treatment with dialysis during the last two decades, and noted a […]
Early Obesity Linked to Kidney Disease
New research indicates that obesity in childhood and young adolescent years could increase your risk of kidney disease as an adult. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, reported that people who were overweight around the ages of 26 to 36 were twice as likely to have chronic kidney disease […]
