FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2025MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications & Digital [email protected](813) 400-23942025 World Kidney Day StatementAmerican Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)Washington, D.C.:
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AAKP Ambassador Brandi Nunez Shares Her Story for National Phosphorus Awareness Day
“Food choice was the largest struggle for me when I was at the height of kidney disease. It seemed like no matter how many good food choices I made; nothing was good enough and my labs continued to trend out of range. Potassium, phosphorous, and iron were the hardest for me to calculate and manage.
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AAKP Ambassador and Dialysis Patient Dawn Edwards Shares Why She Supports National Phosphorus Awareness Day
National Phosphorus Awareness Day – April 5Dawn shares this statement in support of National Phosphorus Awareness Day:“After navigating the challenges of kidney disease for 35 years, I only recently learned that elevated phosphorous not only causes brittle bones, which can lead to fractures, but also cardiac episodes.
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AAKP Innovator Series | Ardelyx
Q&A with Laura A. Williams, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, ArdelyxArdelyx is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered outside Boston, in Waltham, MA. It was founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative, first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs.
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Patient Profile: Niesha Neal
FIGHTING FOR THE VOICE OF PATIENTS –AAKP AMBASSADOR NIESHA NEAL’S STORY OF HEALING AND HOPEBy Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterNiesha was just 13 years old when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
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Hear From AAKP Member, John De La Fuente on How AAKP’s Educational Resources Helped Him
AAKP member and dialysis patient John De La Fuente called the AAKP office to express his appreciation for our Nutritional Counter and other educational resources. John told AAKP, “Your booklet on nutrition saved my life.
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ODRIA Stakeholder Endorsement Letter
October 31, 2024The Honorable Rob WittmanU.S. House of Representatives2055 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Jennifer McClellanU.S. House of Representatives2417 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Mariannette Miller-MeeksU.S.
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Embracing Kidney Disease—AAKP Ambassador Jack Lennon shares his journey and offers tips for fellow patients and families
Born With ItYou could say Jack Lennon was born with it. “It” being kidney disease that developed at birth due to being born with Post-Urethral Valves (PUV). But he was also born with “it”, as in a loving family who would be on board throughout the good times and bad as he navigated kidney disease throughout his life.
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Kidney Patients Issue National Health Alert on High Potassium
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 30, 2024MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications and Digital [email protected](813)
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First National Phosphorus Awareness Day Engages 50,000 People
First National Phosphorus Awareness Day Engages 50,000 PeopleKidney Patients, Families, and Professionals Advance EducationAmerican Association of Kidney Patients Expands Social ImpactWashington, D.C.: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the oldest and largest independent kidney patient consumer organization in the U.S.
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