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Understand Your Kidneys.
Take Control of Your Health.

Free, physician-written health guides on kidney disease, dialysis, diabetes, hypertension, and nutrition — grounded in KDIGO, ADA, and ACC/AHA guidelines, and tailored for Filipino patients and their families.

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For educational purposes only. These guides do not substitute for individualized advice from your physician. Always consult your nephrologist or primary-care doctor before changing medications, diet, dialysis, or treatment.
Why This Library

Free, physician-written, and built to stay current

No content mills, no paywalls, no advertisements — just clear, honest medical education, kept up to date.

Physician-Written

Every guide is written personally by Dr. Rivero, a practising nephrologist — not outsourced, not generated by a content mill.

Guideline-Based

Grounded in current KDIGO, ADA, and ACC/AHA clinical guidelines — every recommendation traces back to a real source.

Regularly Updated

Every guide displays a visible "Last Reviewed" date, so you always know how current the information is.

Always Free

No paywalls, no ads — in English, Filipino, Cebuano, and Kapampangan, so language is never a barrier to care.

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Over 140 evidence-based guides organized by specialty — every guide is written personally by Dr. Rivero and reviewed against current clinical guidelines.

Nephrology
CKD, dialysis, transplant Internal Medicine
Diabetes, BP, cholesterol Nutrition & Diet
Renal & diabetic meal plans Dialysis
HD, PD, access, adequacy Lifestyle
Medicines, travel, daily life Advanced Topics
Clinician-level references Perspectives
A clinician's viewpoint Philippines-Specific
PhilHealth, HMO, local cost
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What brings you here today?

Select your situation for a curated reading path — every pathway starts with the fundamentals and builds from there.

Newly diagnosed
I have Chronic Kidney Disease
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Treatment
I'm on dialysis
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Condition
I have diabetes
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High blood pressure
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Gout / high uric acid
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Role
Caring for someone with CKD
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Editor's Picks

Featured guides

The six most foundational reads in the library — start with these if you're not sure where else to begin.

Foundations Your Amazing Kidneys Understand what healthy kidneys do before learning what goes wrong. Read guide → Nephrology Taking Charge of CKD What CKD stages mean, how progression works, and what to expect. Read guide → Labs Understanding Your Lab Results Learn to read the numbers your doctor monitors — creatinine, eGFR, UACR. Read guide → Nutrition Nutrition for Kidney Patients Stage-specific protein, potassium, and sodium limits using Filipino foods. Read guide → Internal Medicine Managing High Blood Pressure How BP damages heart, kidney, and brain — home monitoring, medication classes, targets. Read guide → Internal Medicine Diabetes & Your Kidneys How hyperfiltration and glycation damage the kidney — the foundational guide for DKD. Read guide →
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Dr. William Gregory M. Rivero
William Gregory M. Rivero, MD, FPCP, DPSN
Board-certified Nephrologist & Internist practising across Quezon City, Angeles City, and Bulacan — and the physician behind every guide on this site.
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