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Transplant centers require people to have a certain amount of money or savings to ensure they can pay for immunosuppressive drugs—medications crucial to maintaining the kidney transplant. Unfortunately, these can cost thousands of dollars a year for those without insurance, making financial stability one of the most significant barriers to receiving a kidney transplant. A new Medicare benefit has taken effect to help change that, also called...
Facing kidney failure can be a daunting challenge, but with dialysis, individuals with kidney failure can continue living fulfilling lives. Read on to learn about different dialysis modalities, hear how people have adjusted to life on dialysis, and find helpful resources.
What is dialysis?
The kidneys have incredibly important jobs, including;
- Removing waste
- Removing extra fluid...
According to United States Department of Transportation (NHTSA), one million vehicles were stolen in the U.S. during 2022.
No one wants their car to get stolen! Kidney Cars is here...
For many, washing your car on the weekend is a tradition. Nowadays, cars are getting a more deluxe treatment called auto detailing.
It’s more than just washing your car's exterior with the garden hose and wiping down the interior. Auto detailing involves a focus on cleaning the very small details of your vehicle taking it from “clean” to “like new”.
Having your car professionally detailed can get...
What do you hear when you start your car and listen to your engine? Is it the savage roar of high performance? Or does it sound more like it is screeching for help?
No one wants to imagine their motor as crying. We’d much rather think of our engines purring down the neighborhood gracefully or chewing up the asphalt as we speed away.
Yet even the toughest of motors can have problems and give out...
Kidney disease took from him, and Kapil answered by giving.
His beloved grandmother, Shantimayee Acharya, had received a sudden diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, which had already damaged 80% of her kidneys. This happened before Kapil was born—"…you can say I was kind of born into this.” Kapil didn’t know much about kidney disease, but did know that it had become a “family illness,” affecting all members.
This was...