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Kidney Cancer: An Unexpected Diagnosis

Kelly Cline thought her daughter Hannah was just like any other one year old—happy, healthy and curious, but that soon changed. A month after Hannah’s 12-month check-up, Kelly noticed her daughter’s stomach protruding. A follow-up visit to the doctor provided Kelly with a diagnosis she never expected: cancer. Kidney cancer is a disease that starts in the kidneys. It happens...

Kidney Patient Education Symposium

The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Patient Education Symposium is an opportunity to bring together anyone affected by kidney disease (pre-dialysis, dialysis, ESRD, transplant, living donors, care givers and family members) to learn about topics that concern the patient and their entire family. The Kidney Patient Education Symposium is attended by patients, family members and the community. The event is sponsored by those interested in...

Date: Feb 25, 2024

Unlocking New Connections For Kidney Patients

From the friends and family who support us, to the medical professionals who treat us - anyone who has had their life touched by kidney disease knows that it takes a village to manage kidney health. We have your back with programs and initiatives that directly connect the kidney community to support. New Online Kidney Communities We’ve partnered with HealthUnlocked to create online forums that provide peer-to-peer support to anyone affected by...

Kidney Health is Going to Hollywood

Grab a seat and bag of popcorn: Kidney Health and organ donation are getting the attention they deserve in a new movie with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Going In Style, from Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures, is a comedy about three lifelong friends—Willie (Morgan Freeman), Joe (Michael Caine) and Al (Alan Arkin)—who decide to plan a heist on the bank that absconded with their pension money. All the while...

Exercise and Kidney Cancer

For those diagnosed with kidney cancer, regular exercise can help alleviate depression, cancer-related fatigue, and muscle loss. No matter how you shake it, the benefits of fitness shouldn't be ignored. Barbara Treacher, a physical therapist who specializes in cancer, breaks it down, and Bruce Hill, a survivor of kidney cancer, shares his story.

Bruce Hill's kidney cancer experience

In 2017, Bruce,...

Balancing Diabetes and the Kidney Diet

By Dawn Berry, Registered Dietitian If you have diabetes and are on dialysis, you may feel lost when it comes to your diet. About half of people on dialysis have diabetes. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, so you are definitely not alone! The first step in managing diabetes is...

Pediatric Nephrologist Awarded High Honor from The National Kidney Foundation

March 21, 2022, New York, NY – Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) highlights the work of a kidney health professional for their community service and educational activities in promoting NKF’s mission on a local level and presents that person with the Medical Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award.

This year, NKF presents this award to Amy Wilson, MD, of...

Living Kidney Donor, Adventurer, and Voices for Kidney Health Advocate

Since donating a kidney to her brother Brian in 2005, June Monroe has led a life of adventure. She has traveled the world, gone skydiving, and won numerous medals for swimming at the Transplant Games of America. If all that wasn't enough, she's also an elementary school assistant principal, a published children's book author, and a dedicated...

NKF Hosts Virtual 9th Annual Kidney Patient Summit

Hundreds of Voices for Kidney Health Advocates Join the fight to Improve kidney health for Millions

Washington, D.C., – March 2, 2022 — Today the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) hosts its 9th Annual Kidney Patient Summit bringing together more than 220 Voices for...