iKidney.com: "Ask an Expert"

R&D Laboratories, Inc., a leader in renal nutritional and pharmaceutical pr oducts, sponsors iKidney.com, a unique Web site designed to help caregivers and people with kidney disease transform the challenges presented by the d isease into a healthy, positive lifestyle. Of particular interest to nephro logy professionals is the "Ask an Expert" section, in which more than 30 le ading nephrology professionals respond to clinical questions posed over the Web site by both healthcare practitioners and renal patients. Patient-user s of iKidney.com's "Ask an Expert" service are advised that the site provid es general information, and that they should consult with their own physici ans about specific problems. Professional users should defer to more curren t information, if any is available, or to the advice of a consulting nephro logy specialist. Below is a sample of the questions & answers that have app eared recently on iKidney.com's "Ask an Expert".