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Making the Decision to Donate

There’s a lot to think about when deciding to donate a kidney. You need to know about potential issues and who to turn to for help with your decision.

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donor evaluation,

The Kidney Transplant Waitlist and High KDPI Kidneys

What system judges deceased donor kidneys and when should one accept a less than perfect kidney? Keep reading to learn more.

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Informed decision-making,

Organ donation,

Deceased donation

Championing Kidney Policy In States Across the Country

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Tests and procedures,

Organ donation,

Policy and legislation,

COVID-19 vaccination

A Woman Waiting for a Kidney Shares Her Story and Helps Others in the Process

When Anne Bina found out that her kidneys were failing three decades after a childhood strep infection had weakened them, her first instinct was to ke...

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Organ donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy

A Kidney with a Purpose

Until he was diagnosed with kidney disease, Robert Muller did not know much about dialysis or kidney transplants. In 1974, he had ...

Diet and nutrition,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diet and meal planning,

Organ donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Low-protein diet

Pediatric Transplant: Giving Kids a Second Chance

http://www.kidney.org/livingdonationPriya Verghese is Professor of Nephrology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a pediat...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Children and adolescents,

Organ donation,

Kidney transplantation

Religion and Organ Donation

While there are variations in specific views, it is clear that most major religions of the world do in fact permit, allow and support transplantation ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Is Kidney Donation Safe?

Giving a kidney to someone who needs a transplant is a very generous thing to do. But can it lead to kidney problems in the donor? Most people do not ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,