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KIDNEY EQUITY FOR ALL™ Takes Center Stage as Organization Highlights Work to Combat Disparities

(May 8, 2024, New York, NY) — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is rolling out several informative celebrity Public Service Announcements (PSAs) that aim to address the alarming statistics that one in three Latino adults are at risk of...

Both Organizations Recommend Race-Free Approach to Estimate GFR

Sept. 23, 2021, New York, NY – Today, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases has released its final report, which outlines a new race-free...

August 9, 2021 — A new partnership between the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Alport Syndrome Foundation (ASF) is designed to give hope to the thousands of patients, including children and their families, who suffer from debilitating Alport syndrome, a rare genetic kidney disorder.

NKF and ASF will collaborate on the...

(May 2, 2024, New York, NY)—TIME has included the co-chairs of the...

Study published in the National Kidney Foundation’s American Journal of Kidney Diseases

May 25 2021 — Kidney patients need better, more relevant education to best participate in the decision-making about their treatment, a new study published in the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) shows.

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Gone are the days of being limited to in-person fundraising events. With Team Kidney Streams, you can combat kidney disease and help ensure everyone needing a kidney transplant gets one from the comfort of your home. Here are eight ideas to help you harness the power of the internet and create unique, exciting fundraising events that you and your community will love. 

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Imagine a different future for kidney disease. A future where every person has equal access to quality kidney care and accelerated innovation for patients. A future without structural inequities in kidney care, dialysis, and transplantation. A future where there is KIDNEY EQUITY FOR ALL™. 

Here's how we plan to do it.

Kidney disease is a public health crisis, affecting an estimated...

Late-breaking presentation shared during National Kidney Foundation’s 2021 Spring Clinical Meetings

April 8, 2021—New York, NY — A troubling data point discovered during the COVID-19 crisis is that patients with kidney disease have not maintained their medical care as much as they had prior to the pandemic, according to the results of a study presented at the ...

Continuing education series for professionals.

How much protein someone with kidney disease should have is a commonly asked question that can be difficult to answer. A panel of interprofessional healthcare providers breaks it down by providing a basic overview of protein, sharing current guidelines, and giving patient education tips.

Protein is one of three macronutrients humans need to...

Continuing education series for professionals.

Sexual dysfunction is prevalent in patients with kidney disease,1 but why and what treatments are available for this important but often neglected aspect of health? Read on to learn this and more.

"Many people think sexuality only refers to sexual intercourse, but sexuality includes many things like touching, hugging, or kissing," said...