Q&A with Liz Hurlburt, EVP and Chief Clinical Strategy and Operations OfficerTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being?
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Patient Profile-Sepsis Awareness Month: AAKP Ambassador Dawn Edwards
Dawn Edwards has been navigating the challenges of kidney disease for 35 years. Her journey began at age 21, when she was diagnosed with proteinuria during her pregnancy – a condition marked by the presence of protein in the urine, often a sign of kidney damage.
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AAKP Innovator Series: TwoPlus Study, Dr. Mariana Murea, MD
Q&A with Mariana Murea, MD, TwoPlus Study Principal InvestigatorTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being? One of my most impactful experiences was with a patient receiving hemodialysis treatment in the hospital.
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Cystinosis Scholarship Spotlight: Ayla and Otto Maher
Eight-year-old Ayla Maher and her 5-year-old brother Otto Maher are recipients of an AAKP Cystinosis Scholarship. They are using the funds to attend Mass Audubon’s Nature Camp.Ayla Maher was diagnosed with cystinosis when she was just two and a half years old.
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AAKP Innovator Series: Redsense Medical
Redsense Medical is a corporate group with operations mainly in Europe and the United States. The company has developed the Redsense System, an innovation used for monitoring and alarming in the case of venous blood leakage in connection with a hemodialysis treatment.
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Plant-Based Nutrition & Kidney Care: Promoting Prevention Through Nutrition Intervention
By Annamarie Rodriguez, RDN, LD, FANDThere is a lot of buzz around ‘plant-based’ nutrition, and the term ‘plant-based’ has evolved over the past few years; however, one thing for certain is that there is no strict definition. Plant-based nutrition can embrace the DASH (dietary approach to stop hypertension)
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National Campaign Targets High Potassium Threat to Kidney Patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 10, 2024MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Rate Director, Communications and Digital Operations [email protected] (813) 400-2394National Campaign Targets High Potassium Threat to Kidney Patients 5th Annual “Are You O-K+” Campaign Breaks Engagement Records Washington, D.C.:
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AAKP Ambassador Lisa Custer Shares Her Story for National High Potassium Awareness Day
By Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterLisa Custer grew up in Seattle, Washington. Her heritage is Native American, and she was adopted at the age of two years old by a loving family; her mother was Japanese, and her father was American.
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Christina and Michael Gilchrist Share Their Story for National High Potassium Day
Meet AAKP Ambassadors Christina and Michael Gilchrist, who are known throughout the kidney community as "Blind Chick Living" and "The Caretaker,” and their always close by service dog, Moose.
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AAKP 2024 MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE HONOREES
The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is honored to recognize the recipients of the 2024 Medal of Excellence Award.
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