FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 27, 2026 FOR MORE INFORMATION:Brendan LaCivitaNational and Medical Media Specialist(813) 906-7740blacivita@aakp.org Kidney Patients Praise U.S. Senators for Vote to Protect Living Organ Donors Elimination of Insurance Discrimination Toward Living Organ Donors Within Reach After Bipartisan Majority of U.
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AAKP Innovator Series: ProKidney
Q&A with Bruce Culleton, MD, Chief Executive Officer, ProKidney, Inc.
Tell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being? My earliest recollection is an experience during my Internal Medicine training 30 years ago.
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The Kidney Connection: Understanding How Your Organs Age Together
Image created in PhotoshopBy Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FACP, FASN, AAKP Medical Advisory Board ChairWhen most people think about their kidneys, they imagine two quiet organs that make urine and filter waste. Important, yes—but easy to overlook. In reality, your kidneys are deeply connected to nearly every system in your body.
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A Gift of Life Through Paired Kidney Exchange
By Orlando A. Torres, AAKP AmbassadorReceiving a kidney transplant on December 4, 2020, is one of life’s greatest blessings. My journey to transplantation was extraordinary — a story of faith, science, and the power of human kindness.
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Fiber: Kingpin of the Gut
Annamarie Rodriguez, MS, RDN, LD, DipACLM, FAND Let’s make 2026 the year of the New You! Or maybe the New Gut! Making simple changes to the diet builds a stronger and healthier gut, which means a stronger and healthier you!
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Start the New Year Off Right…join AAKP!
As we head into 2026, members of AAKP’s National Board of Directors and Ambassador program are sharing their goals for the upcoming year! What are yours?Start 2026 off right by becoming an AAKP member! Visit and share this link today: www.aakp.org/join Here’s what AAKP members are saying about 2026. In their own words...
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FY26 LHHS Appropriations Report Language Stakeholder Thank You Letter
December 8, 2025 The Honorable Shelley Moore CapitoChair, Subcommittee on Labor-HHS AppropriationsUnited States Senate170 Russell Senate Office Building,Washington, DC 20510The Honorable Tammy BaldwinRanking Member, Subcommittee on Labor-HHS AppropriationsUnited States Senate141 Hart Senate Office Building,Washington, DC 20510The
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AAKP Ambassador Elizabeth Oldham remembers her brother and “buddy,” Veteran William Meadows –A Sibling Caregiver Story of Love, Addiction, and Loss
By Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterAAKP Ambassador Elizabeth Oldham grew up on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio, with her siblings and parents. Her parents were successful in their careers, her mother being a dietitian and her father, a math teacher.
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AAKP Innovator Series: Apellis
Q&A with Cedric Francois, MD, PhD, Co- Founder & Chief Executive Officer/President at Apellis PharmaceuticalsTell 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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Out with the Old, In with PLADO!
By Annamarie Rodriguez, MS, RDN, LD, DipACLM, FAND We are nearing the New Year, and many people might be thinking, “out with the old, in with the new,” and when it comes to the kidney diet this has never been truer.
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