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August 2018
NKF Announces 2018 Young Investigator Research Grant Program Award Recipients
New York— Monday, August 6, 2108 – National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has selected five researchers from throughout the country to be award recipients in the 2018 NKF Young Investigator...
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April 2019
HHS Focus on Redesigning Dialysis Can Help Improve the Lives of Kidney Patients
Innovation Awards announced at KidneyX Summit
New York, NY, April 29, 2019—Today at the KidneyX Summit held in Washington, DC, the inaugural prizes for Redesign Dialysis will...
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October 2019
National Kidney Foundation, Baxter Partnership Boosts Patient Peer Mentoring
New York, NY – October 22, 2019 – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has joined forces with Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in renal care, to highlight and...
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December 2018
NKF Conference on Home Dialysis Examines Ways to Encourage Patients to Treat Kidney Failure at Home
New York, NY – Dec. 5, 2018 – A team of kidney professionals, patients and caregivers met in Baltimore Nov. 30 to work through ways to remove barriers to home dialysis...
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October 2019
National Kidney Foundation Awards Five Young Investigators Grants for Research
New York, NY–October 29, 2019 — Five young scientists have been awarded the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Young Investigator Research Grants to advance knowledge about the...
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September 2019
The Lancet Publishes Study Showing Hyperkalemia Drug May Help Kidney Patients Stay on Hypertension Treatment
Results presented at late-breaking trial session of National Kidney Foundation's 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY–Sept. 15, 2019— The respected peer-reviewed, medical...
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July 2019
President Trump Announces Administration’s Bold Vision for Transforming Kidney Care
New York, NY, July 10, 2019—Today President Trump announced a bold vision for transforming kidney care for the estimated 37 million Americans affected by kidney disease. During a...
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June 2019
NKF Statement on The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019
June 5, 2019
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) applauds Senators Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) for introducing legislation that seeks to expand access to high-...
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June 2019
NKF Expands THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE to 15 More Key U.S. Markets
New partnership with Fresenius Medical Care Foundation to bring in-person trainings to help kidney patients find a living donor
New York, NY – June 18, 2019 – In a life-...
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June 2019
NKF Unveils Kidney Pathways, a Curated Kidney Health Education Curriculum
Individualized information is tailored to kidney disease risk
New York, NY – June 14, 2019 - The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has launched Kidney Pathways, an interactive...