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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,

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

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

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

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

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,