By Kristi Edwards, RDNSummer is HERE, and it is hot…hot…hot! And while some may reach for a Route 44 beverage after being in the hot sun all day, individuals with kidney disease think twice. With impaired kidney function, drinking a lot of fluid can cause some unwanted, and even harmful, side effects.
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August 2020
Innovator Series: Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
By Robert Huizinga, Ph.D., R.N., CNeph©, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Neil Solomons, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Aurinia Pharmaceuticals1. Tell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personal or professional, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being. RH:
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How Are We Going to Open Up Safely?
By Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FASN, Chairman, Medical Advisory Board AAKPIntroduction The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by surrise and been costly in terms of life. As of May 27, 2020, there were over 100,000 deaths related to COVID-19 in the United States. By June 8, another 11,700 had died (Source: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html)
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Of Presidents, Policies, & Patients
By Paul T. Conway, AAKP Chair of Policy and Global Affairs and immediate past president and Edward V. Hickey III, U.S.M.C., AAKP Board Secretary(first published in August 2020 in AAKP's flagship magazine, aakpRENALIFE)
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20 TRANSPLANT ROUND TABLE GROUPS ASK CONGRESS TO PASS IMMUNO DRUG COVERAGE
RE: Recent CMS and CBO Actions Should Propel Action on S.3353, the Comprehensive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act, During the 116th Congress Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Wyden:
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KIDNEY POLICY SUMMIT SHOWCASES INNOVATIONS AND BARRIERS
KIDNEY POLICY SUMMIT SHOWCASES INNOVATIONS AND BARRIERS AAKP’s 3rd Annual Policy Summit highlights progress and barriers related to the 2019 Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health and key Congressional issues WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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