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When two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive tackle Khalen Saunders thinks about kidney disease, he doesn't think about statistics. He thinks about...

Heart disease and kidney disease are closely connected, but they are often addressed separately. That can mean missed opportunities to find kidney dam...

NKF Kidney Advocacy Committee (KAC) members brought kidney advocacy home this August, meeting with Members of Congress and their staff in congressiona...

Heather Murphy, NKF's Medical Project Director of Strategic Partnerships On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) gat...

Every year, the government agency that runs Medicare (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)) requests information from stakeholders in ...

Every year, the government agency that runs Medicare (it's called the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) writes new rules about how...

Research on kidney disease has only begun to accelerate with advancements in medical technology, xenotransplantation, and prescription drugs. Kidney d...

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) recently urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen protections for kidney patien...

Dr. Robert Montgomery, Director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, presenting at the 2024 Spring Clinical Meetings Xenotransplant Session. The S...

More than 1 in 7 U.S. adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet about 9 in 10 don't know they have it. Because kidney diseas...