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Turning Hurdles into Hope: How one Hospital Overcomes Kidney Transplant Obstacles

Housing instability, language barriers, and finances. These social factors, among others, often block someones access to a kidney transplant. Houston...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Social determinants of health

From Sports Talk to Kidney Talk: WWE Talk Show Host Megan Connolly Gives the Gift of Life

Co-host for WWE's Raw Talk,SmackDown LowDown, andThe Bump, Megan Connolly (also known as Megan Morant) has another title to add to her impressive re...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation

From Childhood Promise to Life Saving Act: A Kidney Donation Story

In 1977, Anthony Lovato was excited to start playing high school football. All he needed to join the team was a simple routine physical, but he didnt...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Living donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Glomerular diseases

Fighting for Kidney Legislation in Minnesota after Living Kidney Donor Gives Her the Gift of Life

After living with unmedicated bipolar disorder, characterized by periods of extreme emotional highs and lows, Shannon Glynn was thrilled when a doctor...

Treatments and therapies,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Medicines with kidney considerations,

Kidney Commute CE Study Guide: Living Donation and Transplant

Continuing education series for professionals. Kidney transplants are the optimal treatment option for many kidney patients. However, the average wait...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation,

Living donation

From Preemie to Transplant Recipient: Logan's Fight Against a Rare Kidney Disorder

When Logan Blevins was three days old, a preemie weighing just three pounds and four ounces, his doctors noticed something amiss with his urine and bl...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Kidney transplantation,

Children and adolescents

Donating a Kidney to Dad: “I Would Do Anything To Save Him.”

On a day like any other, Cheyenne Severence's father, Robert Barns, began having trouble with his vision. He discovered that one of his retinas had de...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Living donation,

Cardiovascular disease,

High blood pressure

North Carolinians Need the Living Donor Protection Act: An Advocate’s Letter to the North Carolina Legislature

As more states pass the Living Donor Protection Act, which protects living donors from insurance discrimination, the situation of kidney patients in N...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Kidney transplantation,

Policy and legislation

We Never Heal Alone

Written by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller On the evening on May 5th, Andrea Deanovic Schmidt attended the Minnesota National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Orange G...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation

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,