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Kidney Failure After Tragedy: “I Thought My Life Was Over.”

When Precious McCowan lost her child and kidney transplant it would have been easy to succumb to the tragedy. Instead, she channeled her grief into ad...

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Insuficiencia renal después de la tragedia: “Pensé que mi vida había terminado”.

Cuando Precious McCowan perdi a su hijo y el trasplante de rin, habra sido fcil sucumbir a la tragedia.En cambio, ella canaliz su dolor en la d...

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Donating a Kidney: “Having a Healthy Body is a Gift You Can Share with Someone.”

Have you ever wondered what drives someone to become a living donor? Meet Amy Hewitt, a woman who not only dedicated the last 20 years of her life fig...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Living donor evaluation,

Donar un riñón: “Tener un cuerpo saludable es un regalo que puede compartir con alguien”.

Alguna vez se pregunt qu impulsa a alguien a convertirse en un donante vivo? Conozca a Amy Hewitt, una mujer que no solo dedic los ltimos 20 aos...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Living donor evaluation,

Choosing Life: Finding New Purpose After End-Stage Kidney Disease Diagnosis

Wilson Du's life took an unexpected turn when an unhealthy lifestyle caught up with him in his early thirties, and he was diagnosed with end-stage kid...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Healthy habits,

Transplant recipients ,

Elegir la vida: encontrar un nuevo propósito después del diagnóstico de enfermedad renal en etapa terminal

La vida de Wilson Du dio un giro inesperado cuando un estilo de vida poco saludable le trajo consecuencias a sus treinta aos y le diagnosticaron enfe...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Healthy habits,

Transplant recipients ,

Voices for Kidney Health Advocates Return to Capitol Hill

For the first time in four years, patients and NKF staff from across the country kicked off National Kidney Month and the 10th annual Kidney Patient S...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Patient advocacy

Did You Know? – DO YOU KNOW ANDHII®?

Did You Know? – DO YOU KNOW ANDHII®? Lynda Parke, RD NCPRO ANDHII Subcommittee Did you know that using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Hea...

Diet and nutrition,

Medical professionals

From Living Donor to Advocacy Leader: One Woman’s Quest to Increase Living Donation in Minnesota

Jen Anderson made a selfless decision when she was nineteenshe donated a kidney to her aunt. Many other young adults may have found organ donation fr...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Living donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Pushing for Kidney Disease Screenings to Help the Patients that Need Them Most

Both the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Coalition for Kidney Health (C4KH), a multi-stakeholder group of partners convened by NKF, recently...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Tests and procedures,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Patient advocacy