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Kidney Walk National Corporate Partners Make a Difference in the Fight Against Kidney Disease

This spring, National Kidney Foundation welcomed ten National Corporate Partners to the Kidney Walk. What is a corporate partner? A company that suppo...

Fundraising events,

Fundraising and volunteering,

A Mother Triumphs Over Depression After Donating a Kidney

A Mother Triumphs Over Depression After Donating a Kidney Patient Stories Living donation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation Depression and...

Depression and anxiety,

Mental health and wellness,

Living donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Tests and Procedures

A Dialysis Patient Helps Others as a Peer Mentor

Three days per week, Allen H. Nelson wakes up well before dawn and drives himself to a facility near his home in Gradyville, Pennsylvania for his regu...

Coping and self-care,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Mental health and wellness,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Treatments and therapies

A Woman Waiting for a Kidney Shares Her Story and Helps Others in the Process

When Anne Bina found out that her kidneys were failing three decades after a childhood strep infection had weakened them, her first instinct was to ke...

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Organ donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

Love’s Second and Last Chance Brings Bequest to NKF

Loves Second and Last Chance Brings Bequest to NKF Patient Stories Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue transplantation and donation Dialysis Trea...

Caregivers of adults,

Kidney transplantation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies,

My Sister is My Hero: My Kidney Transplant Story

My Sister is My Hero: My Kidney Transplant Story Patient Stories Risk factors Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing Living donors Kidney groups Family...

Family history,

Social determinants of health,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

A Dream Starting to Come True: Wearable Kidneys

Groups in the United States and other countries are doing studies on different types of wearable kidneys.

Treatments and therapies

The Top 3 Reasons People Are Afraid to Ask for a Kidney—and How to Overcome Them

Asking someone to consider kidney donation may be one of the hardest questions you ever have to ask. You may be reluctant for any number of reasons; h...

Talking to employers and coworkers,

Employment and working,

Talking to friends and family,

Living donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing

5 Ways To Inspire Living Kidney Donation

By Risa Simon, Author, Shift Your Fate It takes courage to ask others for helpand theres no bigger ask than asking for a kidney. The mere thought of...

Talking to employers and coworkers,

Employment and working,

Talking to friends and family,

Living donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing

A Kidney with a Purpose

Until he was diagnosed with kidney disease, Robert Muller did not know much about dialysis or kidney transplants. In 1974, he had ...

Low-protein diet,

Diet and meal planning,

Organ donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Diet and nutrition,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,