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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...

Treatments and therapies,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Living donation,

Policy and legislation,

Home hemodialysis

Expanded Medicare Coverage of Immunosuppressive Drugs for Kidney Transplant Recipients

Medicare now covers kidney transplant immunosuppressive drugs for life, starting January 1, 2023. Eligibility details and how to enroll.

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Health insurance,

Transplant recipients ,

Immunosuppressants

Moving Our Kidney Patient Agenda Forward in Challenging Times

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Infectious diseases,

Policy and legislation,

A lame duck opportunity for Congress to help kidney transplant patients

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Treatments and therapies,

Policy and legislation,

Immunosuppressants

New Drug, Positive Results. How Will it Benefit People with Diabetic Kidney Disease?

There is promising news for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetesa serious medical condition that is also known as diabetic ...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Medicare Open Enrollment season is here!

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Treatments and therapies,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Health insurance,

Kidney transplantation

Immuno Bill Passes out of House Committee

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Treatments and therapies,

Policy and legislation,

Immunosuppressants

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...

Treatments and therapies,

Home hemodialysis

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...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies,

Infectious diseases,