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From Grief to Giving Back: Using Poetry to Support Kidney Disease Patients

A doctor turns to poetry after losing her mother—and finds a new way to comfort kidney patients, give back, and support the National Kidney Foundation...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Talking to healthcare professional,

Self-management and self-care,

End-of-life planning,

Fundraising and volunteering

How NKF Got Here: Kidney Care in the 1970s

The 1970s changed kidney care forever. See how NKF led efforts in dialysis access, Medicare expansion, organ donation, and more.

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Background information

How Minnesota’s Hmong Community is Raising Kidney Disease Awareness

Mistrust in healthcare, diabetes, and high blood pressure lead to late kidney disease diagnoses in Minnesota’s Hmong community. NKF is working to chan...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Fundraising and volunteering

How One Artist is Changing Lives After Her Living Kidney Donation

Her kidney donation saved her husband. Now, she’s raising awareness about kidney health and living donation through art and advocacy.

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Fundraising and volunteering

Unfiltered Story: Losing a Transplant

Unfiltered Story follows the journey of one person over time whose life was impacted by kidney disease. In this edition, we follow Anthony Tuggle as h...

Treatments and therapies,

Fundraising and volunteering

Honoring Three NKF Volunteers with The Arthur P. Pasquarella Leadership in Action Award

At the National Kidney Foundation, we are committed to educating people about their risk of kidney disease while dismantling structural inequities in ...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Patient advocacy,

Fundraising events

Empowering Communities: Improving Kidney Health in New England

Donna Nickerson, Executive Director of the National Kidney Foundation Serving New England, is on a mission to understand and improve kidney health in ...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Fundraising and volunteering

Emmy® Award-Winning Journalist Eliecer Marte Takes on Kidney Disease

Join Emmy®-winning journalist Eliecer Marte in his mission to raise awareness about kidney disease, driven by personal experiences and a dedication to...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Fundraising and volunteering,

From Loss to Legacy: One Woman’s Mission to Raise Kidney Disease Awareness

Her grandmother was a dietitian, mother a nurse, stepfather a pharmacist. Erica Cohen was raised in a household full of healthcare professionals. Tha...

Treatments and therapies,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Fundraising and volunteering

6 Celebrities with Kidney Disease

This article is the first in a series that showcases how these icons have courageously faced the challenges of kidney disease while pursuing their pas...

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Chronic kidney disease