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An Urgent Call for Action: NKF Testimony on Organ Transplantation Reform
Jesse Roach testified for kidney transplant reform, highlighting the plight of over 800,000 kidney failure patients and 90,000 on the transplant waitlist. Read more at: https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/urgent-call-action-nkf-testimony-organ-transplantation-reform
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True Love's Kidney: Overcoming Kidney Failure Together
So, when her then fiancé, now husband, Michael, was diagnosed with kidney failure, she didn't hesitate to step up, first as a care partner and then as his living kidney donor. Learn more about their story at: https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/true-love-s-kidney-overcoming-kidney-failure-together
How an Altruistic Living Kidney Donor Moved Forward by Giving Back
Learn why Sarah Kaspari, Administrative Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Services at Minneapolis Heart Institute, donated a kidney to a stranger and how this act of kindness helped her heal after losing her best friend to kidney failure.
Mindfulness and Kidney Disease
Dealing with a chronic illness like kidney disease or kidney failure can take a toll on a person’s mental health. Gary Petingola, a social worker certified to teach mindfulness-based stress reduction, is here to introduce you to a simple practice to help you relax.
How Community and Family Support Made Two Life-Saving Kidney Donations Possible
She had no idea that these systems foreshadowed future lupus, lupus nephritis, and kidney failure diagnosis. Learn more about Ewo's story: https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/how-community-and-family-support-made-two-life-saving-kidney-donations-possible
Model Behavior: A Living Kidney Donor Story
When Emerald Marie, a professional curve model, journalist, and social media influencer, learned her uncle Calvin had kidney failure, she didn’t hesitate to act. She started the living kidney donor evaluation, determined to give him a second chance at life.