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Fundraiser to Highlight National Donate Life Month and Promote Kidney Health
New York – Friday, March 30, 2018 – PGA Tour star Bryson DeChambeau has rejoined forces with the prestigious National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Konica Minolta Golf Classic to lead his own Birdie Challenge during April - National Donate Life Month – and into May, to help raise funds, as he first did last year, to promote the need for life-saving organ...
A Conversation with Dr. Priya Verghese by Katelyn Engel, NKF Program Manager
What is your role within the transplant community?
I’m a pediatric nephrologist. I specialize in children with failing kidneys and treat them before, during and after they get a kidney transplant.
Why did you decide to focus on pediatric nephrology?
When I was in my physiology class during medical school, I was struggling...
AUSTIN, TX—April 11, 2018—The first study to review the use of an American formulation of urea for hospitalized patients with abnormally low blood sodium levels shows it to be an effective, safe and inexpensive treatment, according to findings presented at the National Kidney Foundation 2018 Spring Clinical Meetings in Austin, Texas.
Abnormally low blood sodium, a condition known as hyponatremia, can cause a range of symptoms...
Pebble Beach, CA - Friday, January 19, 2018
New York Knicks Assistant General Manager and Westchester Knicks General Manager Allan Houston – most renowned for his years as shooting guard for the Knicks – will temporarily trade basketball to tee off on Saturday, January 20th during the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Konica Minolta Golf Classic National Finals at Pebble Beach, CA. Houston...
National Kidney Foundation staff recently launched the KIDNEY EQUITY FOR ALL initiative at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) Leadership Conference and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBC) Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.. Over four jam-packed days, NKF raised awareness about the burden of kidney disease in communities of color and educated lawmakers from across the country about...