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If you have kidney disease at any stage, you are on dialysis, or received a kidney transplant, you can now help researchers learn more about the disease and develop new treatments to create improved outcomes through the NKF Patient...
On December 17th, the Administration and Congress took significant steps towards improving kidney disease policy and funding. The National Kidney Foundation applauds these efforts to help the nearly 95,000 Americans waiting on a life-saving kidney transplant.
The Administration announced...
As National Kidney Month kicks off, more than 220 Voices for Kidney Health advocates are poised to seize the moment by meeting virtually with their lawmakers in Congress as part of the National Kidney Foundation’s ninth annual Kidney Patient Summit. This yearly event represents a unique opportunity for kidney patients and those that care...
In 2021, there were 786,000 patients1 living with kidney failure, yet less than 25,0002 received a transplant that year. In 2022, the U.S. finally reached 25,000 kidney transplants3 in one year, but there are still an estimated twelve people dying each day without the opportunity to receive a life-saving transplant.
No one should die while waiting for a kidney, but there aren't enough organs to meet current or future...
We want to give a special shoutout to the NKF’s Program Committees for their incredible work. None of this would have been possible without you.
This year's Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM) went off with a bang. The atmosphere buzzed with excitement as nephrology...
Recently two of the biggest champions for kidney patients in Congress, Reps. Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Jason Smith (R-MO), introduced the Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act (H.R. 5426). This bill is the result of months of discussion amongst the kidney community on the best ways to improve patient access and success on home dialysis.
We’ve heard from many patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic who were dialyzing in a facility but...
By Andrea Schmidt, transplant recipient and NKF supporter
My name is Andrea Schmidt and I am a kidney transplant recipient.
Let me introduce my story the way I do to other recipients. This is a kind of short hand that transplant recipients speak to each other. We have a way of distilling our medical history into a few lines and it follows this format: number of years post-...
Have you ever wished you could earn continuing education (CE) credits during the work commute, while doing chores, or even exercising? Now you can. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is excited to announce Kidney Commute, an innovative podcast designed to give busy...
Late last year Congress finally passed its FY22 Appropriations bills, which included a $1 million increase to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Chronic Kidney Disease Initiative; an increase to research funding at the National Institutes of Digestive Diabetes and Kidney Diseases; and important report language on kidney research, innovation, and accountability in the transplant system. While we are thankful for the past two...