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Focusing Our Patient-Driven Advocacy on Transplants for All

In 2022 the National Kidney Foundation took several key steps to follow through on our passionate commitment to transplants for all. The dedication of...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney transplantation,

5 Perfect Gifts for Your Loved One on Dialysis

The winter holidays are quickly approaching–have you hung up lights, decorated, and picked out presents? If not, no worries. We can take some of the b...

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Mental health and wellness,

Food and cooking,

Living donation,

Stress management

She Donated a Kidney. It Failed.

When Stephenie Brown was in her early thirties in 2010, she got into a motorcycle crash that almost took her life. This traumatic incident made her re...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Living donor evaluation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Autoimmune kidney diseases and conditions,

Lupus nephritis

For Goodness’ Sake

Written by: Jennifer Cramer-Miller There are many ways to describe fifty-year-old Doobie Kurus. Pre-school teacher. Husband and father of three girls....

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Fundraising and volunteering,

Living donation,

Fundraising events

A Kidney Patient’s Journey to Advocacy

With Election Day around the corner, National Kidney Foundation advocates are already looking ahead to 2023, when state legislatures and a new Congres...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Patient advocacy

Her Kidneys Failed at 26: “I Had the Kidney Function of an 80-Year-Old”

Maria Madak grew up having regular checkups and bloodwork to keep track of her kidney function because of her chances of inheriting IgA Nephropathy (I...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Deceased donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Autoimmune kidney diseases and conditions,

IgA nephropathy

Kidney Transplant Allows Long Distance Runner to Race Again

In 2007, Ryan Shay, a professional athlete, collapsed during the US Olympic Marathon trials and later passed away from heart failure related to a pree...

Tests and procedures,

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation,

FSGS Can’t Stop Audra: “I Have More on My Journey”

Prior to 2006, Audra Skibo was dealing with mysterious health problems. At first, doctors believed it was multiple sclerosis or another disease that a...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney transplantation,

Living donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Glomerular diseases

Blockbuster Senate Hearing Focuses on Need for Transplant System Reform

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing,A System in Need of Repair: Addressing Organizational Failures of the U.S....

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Policy and legislation,

Kidney transplantation

How Jason Found a Silver Lining in Kidney Failure

A surprise diagnosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and stage 5 kidney disease flipped Jason's life upside down, but it also helped change his ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Living donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Kidney diseases and conditions,