AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2018 More Information:Deborah Pelaez(800) 749-AAKP / dpelaez@aakp.org LARGEST KIDNEY PATIENT ORGANIZATION JOINS GOUT ALLIANCE AAKP CALLS GOUT A MEDICAL AND WORKFORCE ISSUE AMONG KIDNEY PATIENTS Washington, D.C.
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KIDNEY KIDS ARTICLE: A Mother’s Story…Worrier to Warrior
KIDNEY KIDS ARTICLE
A Mother’s Story…Worrier to Warrior
By Emily Payne
Last week we celebrated my daughters first year of life, one that we were told several times would not exist.
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AAKP Presidents’ Message (Posted March 19, 2018)
President’s Message (from March/April aakpRENALIFE Magazine)
Welcome to spring! I hope this issue of aakpRENALIFE finds you well and in good health.
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March 19, 2018 – Friends of NIDDK Request Funding for National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
AAKP ENGAGES AMERICA AND CONGRESS DURING NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 27, 2018 MORE Information:Deborah Pelaez(800) 749-AAKP / dpelaez@aakp.org AAKP ENGAGES AMERICA AND CONGRESS DURING NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH Tampa, FL – March is the month when Americans and the U.S.
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February 28, 2018 – Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 (H.R. 4143)
ASN represents more than 18,000 physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health
professionals dedicated to improving the lives of people with kidney diseases. The
society’s membership includes approximately 90 percent of the nephrologists in the
United States. ASN is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in
kidney care and ensuring access to patient-centered high-quality care, regardless of
socioeconomic status, geographic location, or demographic characteristics.
ASN represents more than 18,000 physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health
professionals dedicated to improving the lives of people with kidney diseases. The
society’s membership includes approximately 90 percent of the nephrologists in the
United States.
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A Poem of Hope for Kidney Patients This Valentine’s Day (Posted February 13, 2018)
Written By: Barbara Abrams “I was hopelessly trapped (not my choice) in a world that looked all black and white.
Until one day, everything was in color, vivid and bright.” A year ago today, an extraordinary woman (Janie Zimmerman) gave me her kidney.
Which allowed me a quality of life I didn’t know was in me.
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KIDNEY PROFESSIONALS NAMED AS 2018 MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 8, 2018 FOR MORE Information:Deborah Pelaez, Marketing and Communications Manager(800) 749-AAKP / dpelaez@aakp.
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Miracle on 20 York St. – A story of miracles, finding a living kidney donor (Posted January 30, 2018)
Written By: Barbara Abrams for AAKP Kidney Transplant Today The words, “I would like to help you out with your kidney,” jump off the screen and hit me in the face like a knockout punch. Dazed and numb, I feel like a prize fighter who is “Down for the Count.” I slowly drift back to reality. Am I dreaming? Nightmare?
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President’s Message from aakpRENALIFE Jan/Feb 2018 (Posted Jan. 25, 2018)
To our Members and Allies: Welcome to 2018!
End of 2017
As 2017 came to an end, my very good friend and AAKP Vice President Richard Knight and I shared a unique and deeply emotional honor as AAKP patient advocates, former dialysis patients and as long-time kidney transplant recipients.
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