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February 7, 2022, New York, NY — Today, the latest guideline for managing diabetes in patients with kidney disease has been endorsed by the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) professional workgroup charged with reviewing the “KDIGO 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease.”

Led by co-chairs Drs. Amy Mottl and...

(May 14, New York, NY) – During a late-breaking abstract presentation at the annual 2024 NKF Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM) tomorrow Dr. Dana Rizk, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center, will present data on the impact and safety of Fabhalta (iptacopan) in the treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy (...

January 26, 2022, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is proud to announce that Imperial Headwear will join us once again as the “Official Headwear” and National Promotional Partner of the 35th Annual NKF Konica Minolta Golf Classic. Funds raised through this fun event help NKF promote optimal kidney health as well as improve the lives of the...

Washington, DC (July 08, 2024)— The following is a joint Statement from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and American Society of Nephrology (ASN) on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) plans to remove the African American/Black race coefficient from the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) calculation.

“ASN applauds the revision of the KDPI without race,” said ASN President Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN. “The...

November 2, 2021, San Francisco, CA— For more than three decades, hundreds of avid readers in the San Francisco Bay Area have had the opportunity to lunch with their favorite authors during the Annual NKF Authors Luncheon Benefit. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s “You’ve Read Them, Now Meet Them” event will once again be held virtually, ...