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Joey Artinian has taken on some big challenges in his 26 years. He lost 100 pounds, became a long-distance runner, and donated a kidney to his dad. No...

Living kidney donation can feel like a big decision. Many people have questions about the surgery, recovery, and what life will be like afterward. But...

Sometimes, a life-changing gift comes from someone you’ve never met. For Orlando A. Torres Meléndez, that gift came from Yomari Matos Torres, a strang...

When two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive tackle Khalen Saunders thinks about kidney disease, he doesn't think about statistics. He thinks about...

Kidney disease can change your life, but it doesn't have to define it. Dr. García Echevarría knows that better than most. Diagnosed with polycyst...

In 2022, J. Harrison Ghee, a Tony Award and Grammy Award winner known for their outstanding performances in shows like Some Like It Hot and Kinky Boot...

Photo Credit: HCM Wall of Heroes Eugenia Steffens has dedicated nearly four decades to kidney transplantation and organ donation. Her long-standing nu...

Just weeks after Kamri and Lotanna got engaged in late 2023, their world was turned upside down when Kamri was diagnosed with kidney disease. 

At 24 years old David Rush woke up in a hospital with a dialysis catheter in his neck and no memory of how he got there. Over the next two decades, Da...

When David donated his kidney in January 2024, he wasn’t trying to save someone he knew. He donated to a stranger. More than two years later, David sa...