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Silver Linings of CKD

My name is Erin; I’m twenty one years old from Saint Paul, MN and a rising senior at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. When I was eleven years...

Diet and nutrition,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diet and meal planning,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Early stage kidney disease,

Transition to adult care

A Single Decision to Save One Life Saves So Many More

Dr. Adnan Abla is a neurosurgeon in Pittsburgh, PA, who was diagnosed with kidney failure last summer. He received a kidney from an anonymou...

Treatments and therapies,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation

You’re going to do what?

In October 2011, my friend Matt’s life was turned upside down when he found out that he was in kidney failure and needed to start dialysis immediately...

Diet and nutrition,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diet and meal planning,

Living donation,

Kidney transplantation,

Kidney Cancer: An Unexpected Diagnosis

Kidney Cancer: An Unexpected Diagnosis Patient Stories Cancer treatment Treatments and therapies Kidney cancer Kidney diseases and conditions Diseases...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Cancer treatment,

It Started with a Tweet

Minnesota musician, filmmaker, producer and composer Chris Strouth had been dealing with kidney disease for years before his kidneys finally failed in...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy

Ada DeBold: How One Mother’s Love Saved Thousands of Lives

From one mother’s mission to a 75-year legacy—learn how Ada DeBold’s fight for her son led to the creation of the National Kidney Foundation.

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Patient advocacy,

Childhood nephrotic syndrome

Identical Kidney Cousins

Identical Kidney Cousins Patient Stories Events & Fundraising Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation Transplant recipien...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Kidney transplantation

Two Lives Saved by One Kidney

Did you know that in 2016, kidney transplants saved more than 19,000 lives? Of course each of these transplants profoundly impacted the recipients, bu...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation

Cheerleader or Nag? (You Decide.)

As Jim’s disease progressed, I was constantly defining and redefining my role as caregiver.

Diet and nutrition,

Diet and meal planning,

Vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and supplements,

Care partners of adults,

Proof That Paired Kidney Donations Save Lives

When Amanda was only 20 weeks pregnant with Preston, doctors noticed a problem with Preston’s kidneys. From that point forward, Amanda had multiple ul...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Children and adolescents,

Living donor programs,

Kidney transplantation