October 3, 2022 The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201
Dear Secretary Becerra:
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Kidney Patients Remind Congress and Payers: Your Decisions Impact Our Lives and Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Rate Marketing & Communications Manager jrate@aakp.org (813) 400-2394 Kidney Patients Remind Congress and Payers: Your Decisions Impact Our Lives and Innovation Largest Kidney Patient Meeting Shows Patient Determination for Change Washington, D.C.
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Enjoy a Valentine’s Day Meal of AAKP Delicious! Recipes
Love is in the air. This Valentine’s Day, why not show your kidney(s), and possibly your Valentine, some love by heating up the kitchen with these AAKP Delicious! kidney-friendly recipes.BreakfastGet warmed up for Valentine’s Day with this sweet breakfast combo. Iced CoffeeView a PDF of the recipe including Nutrient Analysis: https:
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My Story with Battling High Potassium
Potassium nearly took my Life!By Jonathan E Traylor, Sr.Potassium is a mineral and an electrolyte. It helps your muscles work, including the muscles that control your heartbeat and breathing. Potassium comes from the food you eat. Your body uses the potassium it needs.
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What’s Going on with my Drug Discount Card?
By Jim Myers Introduction There is a new rule on Co-Pay Accumulators that could affect the way you use your drug discount cards, and it may be one of the best kept secrets in the United States.
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The FDA Patient & Caregiver Connection: Impacting Innovations in Patient Care and Treatment
As an extension of AAKP’s National Strategy, AAKP participates in key initiatives that allow us to engage kidney patients in substantive and meaningful efforts designed to impact research over the long-term and help lead to new innovations for medical devices (including diagnostics)
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What a Living Donor Thinks of Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
By Suzanne RuffWhen my sister collapsed in critical condition because her kidneys had failed, I offered to become a living kidney donor for her. I immediately regretted my offer. It was sixteen years ago. I had never had surgery.
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PKD Awareness Day 2020
By Jim Myers, AAKP BOD/AmbassadorHow does one normally become aware of Polycystic Kidney Disease? In my case, I became aware through my Father. I’m 62 now. This is about the same age my Dad was when he first told me he had PKD. He had been to the Mayo Clinic for a checkup, and he reported to me that he had “kidney disease.
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Fluid Balance and the Power of Plants
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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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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