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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

Grateful and Giving Back After a Kidney Transplant

Years ago, Shannon was prescribed Lithium to treat her bipolar disorder. Her doctors told her it could harm her kidneys, but after years of struggling...

Peritoneal dialysis,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Transplant recipients ,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Treatments and therapies,

7 Tips for Dating with Kidney Disease

Health diagnosis or not, dating isn’t easy. In many situations, talking about a health or personal issue can feel challenging or cause anxiety.

Patient advocacy,

Children and adolescents,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

People at risk,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Hopeful For the Future

 I was diagnosed with kidney disease when I was 22 months old. This came as a shock to my parents – we had no family history of kidney disease th...

Childhood nephrotic syndrome,

Transition to adult care,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Treatments and therapies

Everybody Needs an Avocado

My mom sat down next to me at her kitchen table. “I want to do this,” she said.   “Holy sh*t, Mom.” I thought of the thousands of convers...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

Your First Visit with a Kidney Doctor

Your First Visit with a Kidney Doctor Patient Education Patient advocacy Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy Health systems, social syst...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Out of Work? 9 Tips For Managing Your Medical Bills

Out of Work? 9 Tips For Managing Your Medical Bills Resources & Tools Health insurance Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors Healt...

Health insurance,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Help Protect Patient Access to Health Insurance

On June 22, the U.S. Senate introduced the Better Care Reconciliation Act, their counterpart to the House of Representative's American Healthcare...

Health insurance,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Managing CKD with a Smartphone

Smartphones help bring health management to patients’ fingertips. If you have CKD, use your phone to track medications, monitor fluid and mineral inta...

Appointment management,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing

Hidden Blessings

Laurie is a single mom of two kids. She holds a Master’s degree from Hamline University, and has spent nineteen years in a career in Human resources m...

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors