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By Suzanne Ruff, kidney donor, author of The Reluctant Donor and AAKP TreasurerKidney donor Suzanne Ruff, author of The Reluctant Donor and AAKP Treasurer, sent the following heartfelt letter to thousands of living organ donors, kidney patients, families, and medical professionals on May 19, 2023.Her family has 5 living organ donors.

HD CLEAN LLC is driven to make hemodialysis safer. To achieve this goal, the company has developed a fully-patented simple, sturdy device to enclose, secure, and protect the critical connection point between dialysis bloodlines and dialysis catheters. This device is currently undergoing initial review by the FDA.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) encourages businesses and organizations across the country to participate.

By Jennifer Jones, USMC Veteran, AAKP Vice President, Ambassador, and two-time transplant recipientAre you looking for an incredible opportunity to learn, connect, and make a difference in the kidney patient community?

By Kevin Chan, MD, MSci, and Dawn Edwards INTRODUCTION FROM AAKP:What does dialysis fatigue mean and feel like to you? Would you even describe it as “ fatigue,” or something different?

By Elke Henneberg, consultant and editor, AAKP Delicious!The AAKP is excited to see the 7th edition of AAKP Delicious! coming to life, and we are inviting you to try 12 new recipes, which offer a mouth-watering variety of foods for you to enjoy. Who says a kidney-friendly diet is boring?

In this Innovator Series article, Alio CEO Dave J. Kuraguntla discusses the company’s innovative technology for kidney patients and how the Alio SmartPatch™ was developed to help dialysis patients and their clinical teams improve outcomes.

By Stephen Thomas, II, MSN, FNP-C and Kristin Larson, MSN, AGNP-BC, CNNAs a person with kidney disease, do you itch? If so, it’s not uncommon. In fact, lots of people with kidney disease itch, and it is seen at all stages of kidney disease, not just people on dialysis.