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Why golf with NKF now? Matt Marvel, President & Founder of BUILT National, and long-time supporter of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) understands...

Recently, we both had to visit our local medical facilities. For most people this might be concerning, however for transplant recipients like us it wa...

By Risa Simon, NKF patient advocate and founder of The Proactive Path and Transplantfirst Academy; and Michael Stevenson, NKF National Board Member an...

By Michael Phillips, Transplant recipient and Kidney Advocacy Committee member I was looking forward to bringing some major changes to my familys liv...

The symptoms of COVID-19 were difficult for Maryann Starick, a five-year kidney transplant patient, but not as hard to deal with as the anxiety she fe...

By Melissa Bensouda, Kidney Patient and NKF Kidney Advocacy Committee Member My appreciation for the phrase Theres no place like home has reached a...

by Elizabeth Fortune, freelance writer and ESRD patient Some days, the quarantine seems normal; some days it hits me in a way that makes me think, wh...

byHaley Jensen, kidney transplant recipient andNKF patient advocate As a kidney transplant recipient, medication is one of the most essential parts ...

by Risa Simon, NKF Advocate, Peer Mentor, and Inspirational Author COVID-19 is forcing transplant centers to cancel live kidney donor transplants and ...

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