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Modern Family Star Sarah Hyland: “Kidney Transplants Impacted My Filming”

Mar 14, 2022 — Actress Sarah Hyland speaks candidly about her chronic kidney issues and the mental health impact of kidney disease.

Treatments and therapies,

Transplant recipients

Coworkers Come Together and Save a Life

In 2021, Jeanine Ramirez received heartbreaking news. Even with dialysis, her kidney function was too low, and she was given only six months to live. ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Kidney transplantation

All in the Family

Story and Interview by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller The concept of karma suggests the good we put into the world comes back to us. Such seems to be the cas...

Diseases and conditions,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Fundraising events,

Genetic and inherited kidney diseases and conditions,

Alport syndrome

What if Transplant Relationships Go Wrong?

Donating a kidney to a friend or family member is a huge life decision. It's natural to hope that giving this gift will help your relationship with th...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation

Donating a Kidney Didn't Slow this American Ninja Warrior Down

At only 22, Austin Gray was a talented athlete preparing to compete in the Minneapolis American Ninja Warrior qualifying round when he heard that his ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Juliette Valle: A Voice for Transplant Patients

Juliette Valle is an accomplished vocalist, performer, and podcast host. She also holds the Miss South Florida title in 2020 and 2021 and is an incred...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Kidney transplantation,

Fundraising events

The Power of Prevention

Interview and Article by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller Dr. David Power, a Primary Care Physician at Bethesda Clinic and Woodwinds Family Medicine Residency ...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Disease prevention

Sharing a Mission and Shining a Light

Written by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller The National Kidney Foundation highlights a staggering statistic37 million American adults have kidney disease, bu...

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Medical professionals,

Chronic kidney disease

What It's Like

We are proud to share a firsthand account of what it is like to be an immune compromised individual, living through the 4th wave of the Covid-19 pande...

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Transplant recipients ,

The lifesaving power of living kidney donation

NKF staff member becomes a living donor The availability of kidneys from living donors is crucial to the survival of many kidney patients, but thousan...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,