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New York, NY – Dec. 5, 2018 – A team of kidney professionals, patients and caregivers met in Baltimore Nov. 30 to work through ways to remove barriers to home dialysis so more patients will treat kidney failure at home rather than in a center.
The first KDOQI Home Dialysis Conference was held a year ago. On Nov. 30, a group of...
Will reinforce push for early detection, living organ donation, and more funding to fight kidney disease
New York, Thursday, March 1, 2018—Nearly 100 advocates from kidney organizations around the country – joined by 10-year-old singing phenom and kidney transplant recipient Angelica Hale – will converge on Capitol Hill to meet with their lawmakers to inspire action for kidney disease at the 5th Annual Kidney Patient Summit on March 5th...
This clinician teaching card contains some important talking points that should help the clinician when discussing with patients the importance of knowing the stages of kidney disease and how the CKD Heat Map works.
April 3, 2020, New York, NY — In a letter sent to the leading trade organizations representing the nation’s hospitals and health systems, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) expressed concern over news reports that some health systems and state governments are considering crisis-management policies which would deprive certain patient...
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Leader Launches $125K Multi-Market Sponsorship
New York, NY—April 4, 2018— As the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) embarks on its 2018 Kidney Walk season to include more than 100 locations across the country, the organization welcomes back LogistiCare for a fourth year as a National Team. The nation’s largest non-emergency medical transportation broker has...
Friday, April 27, 2018 - National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is mourning the passing this week of Donald W. Seldin, MD, founder of the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical School and one of the foremost teachers and researchers in clinical nephrology. Each year since 1994, NKF has bestowed the Donald W. Seldin Award established expressly to recognize and champion excellence in the field.
“He was a founding father of...
FMCNA Raises Largest Amount Ever by a National Team during the 2017 Kidney Walks for the National Kidney Foundation
WALTHAM, MASS. – (Nov. 29, 2017) – Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) employees put on their walking shoes and raised nearly $300,000, the most amount ever raised by a National Team participating in...
World-renowned musician Stevie Wonder, 69, announced to his fans attending a concert in London on July 7 that he will soon be receiving a kidney transplant.
More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant right now. Thousands of successful organ and tissue...