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Missing Dialysis Treatment Is Dangerous for Your Health

Skipping dialysis can be risky. It can cause fluid overload, high potassium, and high phosphorus levels, leading to severe health problems. Always att...

Treatments and therapies

Kidney Patients are Back on Capitol Hill – Virtually!

More than 230 kidney patients, living kidney donors, and care partners will meet virtually with their Members of Congress this Tuesday, March 2nd as p...

Home hemodialysis,

Policy and legislation,

Living donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies

Medicare Open Enrollment season is here!

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Health insurance,

Kidney transplantation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies

There’s No Place Like Home for Dialysis

By Melissa Bensouda, Kidney Patient and NKF Kidney Advocacy Committee Member My appreciation for the phrase Theres no place like home has reached a...

Home hemodialysis,

Treatments and therapies

Improving Transportation to Dialysis During a Pandemic and Beyond

By Torie Kranze, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated transportation issues frequently fac...

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies

Shortages, Support and Staying Safe during Medical Procedures

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Policy and legislation,

Treatments and therapies,

Tests and Procedures

Challenges, Unusual Opportunities and A New Respect for Lace-Ups during COVID-19

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Infectious diseases,

Kidney transplantation,

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies

Kidney Transplant Recipient Driven to Support Kidney Health Awareness

Where to begin? There are so many elements of Lex Davids 39 years on this planet that are worth talking about it is hard to know where to start. He i...

Peritoneal dialysis,

Transplant recipients ,

Treatments and therapies,

Stopping or Not Starting Dialysis

Choosing not to start or stop dialysis, known as conservative care, focuses on easing symptoms and improving comfort without aiming to cure the illnes...

Treatments and therapies

New York Police Detective Inspired to Make Kidney Donation to a Stranger

New York Police Detective Inspired to Make Kidney Donation to a Stranger Resources & Tools Patient Stories Kidney transplantation Organ and tissue tra...

Kidney transplantation,

Living donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies