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Fiber: Kingpin of the Gut

February 15, 2026

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!

January 26, 2026

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...

FY26 LHHS Appropriations Report Language Stakeholder Thank You Letter

January 7, 2026

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

December 17, 2025

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.

December 17, 2025

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?

December 17, 2025

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.

December 16, 2025

By: Michael Wayne Holliday, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., FASN Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology, Baylor College of MedicineDisclaimer: The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government.

November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025Representative Don BaconU.S. House of Representatives2104 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Representative Jerrold NadlerU.S. House of Representatives2132 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Subject: AAKP, ASTS, AST Endorsement – Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 4582 and H.R.

October 1, 2025

Real change starts at home. Hold your Congressional leaders accountable!Big things are happening now...All Kidney Policy is Local™! We’re taking advocacy to the next level with AAKP’s All Kidney Policy is Local™.Why? Because real change in kidney care happens not just in D.C.

October 1, 2025

Q&A with OPKO Health, Inc., Akhtar Ashfaq MD, FACP, FASN OPKO Health is a fully-integrated healthcare company focused on delivering next-generation solutions for serious diseases across established global markets.

Fiber: Kingpin of the Gut

Start the New Year Off Right…join AAKP!

FY26 LHHS Appropriations Report Language Stakeholder Thank You Letter

AAKP Ambassador Elizabeth Oldham remembers her brother and “buddy,” Veteran William Meadows –A Sibling Caregiver Story of Love, Addiction, and Loss

AAKP Innovator Series: Apellis

Out with the Old, In with PLADO!

Navigating Dual Healthcare Systems – VA and Civilian Kidney Care

ASTS, AST, AAKP Joint LDPA Letter

HIGHLIGHTS FROM ALL KIDNEY POLICY IS LOCAL™ SUMMER CONGRESSIONAL VISITS

AAKP INNOVATOR SERIES: OPKO HEALTH, INC.