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Each year in the United States, about 51,000 adults will be diagnosed with kidney cancer. The exact cause of kidney cancer is unclear, but having advanced chronic kidney disease may place you at increased risk for developing kidney cancer. Other risk factors include: smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, family history of kidney cancer, chronic kidney disease, exposure to radiation therapy or carcinogenic chemicals, and long-term use of...

Housing instability, language barriers, and finances. These social factors, among others, often block someone’s access to a kidney transplant. Houston Methodist Hospital is on a mission to help people overcome these barriers with education, living kidney donations, and preemptive transplants. 

Bethany Cruz, Outreach Coordinator at Houston Methodist, explains just how they do it.

What do you do if you have a headache, fever, or muscle pain? Chances are you go to the local drug store to pick up an over–the–counter (nonprescription) pain medicine. These drugs are the medicines most often used by Americans. Pain medicines, also called analgesics, help relieve pain, fever, and even inflammation. These medicines may help with arthritis, colds, headache (including migraine), muscle aches, menstrual cramps,...

With legislative sessions in full swing at the state and federal levels, National Kidney Foundation’s Government Relations team is here to provide you with the knowledge you need to speak with your lawmakers confidently. 

Knowing who represents you at the state and federal levels is the first step to building a relationship with your lawmakers. Finding your legislators is as easy as doing a Google search...

(NEW YORK, NY)—April 4, 2012 — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has earned Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). This achievement grants the NKF accreditation through March 2018 and places the foundation in the highest tier of all Continuing Medical Education (CME) providers, including the nation's most prestigious medical schools and professional medical...

Just a year or two from now, patients waiting for a human kidney may be able to participate in a trial for a pig kidney, if a short-term experiment at NYU Langone Health in New York City paves the way for trials in patients with end-stage kidney failure.

The successful result was released October 19 and this experiment is the first of its kind....

Have you ever wished you could earn continuing education (CE) credits during the work commute, while doing chores, or even exercising? Now you can. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is excited to announce Kidney Commute, an innovative podcast designed to give busy...