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Finding His Way: Kidney Patient Lives Backpacking Dream

Dialysis wasn't going to keep Chris Martin in one place. After winning a Dream Trip contest from Backpacker magazine, he set out on a three-day backpa...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Diseases and conditions,

Exercise and physical activity,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Glomerular diseases,

Managing CKD with a Smartphone

Smartphones help bring health management to patients’ fingertips. If you have CKD, use your phone to track medications, monitor fluid and mineral inta...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Appointment management,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy

A Future Beyond Kidney Disease

My name is Andrea Schmidt and I am a kidney transplant recipient.

Treatments and therapies,

Transplant recipients

Help Protect Patient Access to Health Insurance

On June 22, the U.S. Senate introduced the Better Care Reconciliation Act, their counterpart to the House of Representative's American Healthcare...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health insurance

New Online Patient Forums

NKF Kidney Communities is a new online resource for patients with kidney disease, on dialysis, or undergoing transplantation, and for living donors. N...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Mental health and wellness,

Coping and self-care

In the Know: What's New for Members

Master Class on Hyperkalemia Present it as a Live Education Event Microsite on Hyperkalemia (For You & Your Patients Vaccinations and Dial...

Tests and procedures,

Medical professionals,

Glomerular filtration rate

Share Your Voice: In a Few Words, From AJKD

In A Few Words is a recurring feature in AJKD. Through this feature, we hope to give voice to the diverse experiences and stories that deﬁne kidney di...

Small Bites, Big Sodium

Cute, snuggly, and filled with high-sodium ingredients, be aware that just five of these tiny dogs wrapped in crescent rolls can equal over 1,500mg or...

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,

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