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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,

Kidney Failure Didn’t Stop this Young Powerhouse Live Her Dreams, Fight for Patients

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Treatments and therapies,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy

A Force for Good

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Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Kidney transplantation

Kapil Panda: Changing Pain into Progress

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Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Race and ethnicity

Kidney disease changed our lives in a day

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Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Care partners of adults,

An Unwelcome & Unknown Side of Kidney Disease

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Diseases and conditions,

Rare kidney diseases and disorders

Where There Are Helpers, There is Hope

Seeking hope and positivity in tough times, people often quote this iconic line from Mr. Rogers, Look for the helpers. His point is exemplified by T...

Diseases and conditions,

Children and adolescents,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Childhood nephrotic syndrome

Lessons of Hope from a Double Transplant Recipient with PKD

Lessons of Hope from a Double Transplant Recipient with PKD Patient Stories Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation PKD K...

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Kidney transplantation,

Super Kidney, Super Mom

For Ann Gentry, mother of four kids (ages ten and under) life is full. Like many, she and her husband are managing the kick-off of a new COVID-school ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Children and adolescents,

Kidney transplantation

Connection during COVID

*Editors Note* Jennifer wrote this story at the begining of the COVID-19 pandemic. She would go on to raise over $12,000 for the Live Happy, Dammit Ki...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Diseases and conditions,

Mental health and wellness,

Infectious diseases,

Coping and self-care,