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Kidney Foundation Marks 60th Anniversary

Learn more during Kidney Health Month in March When the Kidney Foundation of Canada was launched in 1964, a person with kidney failure had very little hope of survival. At that time, there were few options for Canadians diagnosed with kidney disease. Dialysis was considered...

Kidney Foundation Collaborates with the PKD Foundation of Canada to Support Mental Health

The Kidney Foundation is committed to supporting the mental health needs of patients through the Kidney Connect Peer Support program. A diagnosis of kidney disease can bring a host of physical and psychological challenges. Medical professionals play an important role to provid...

Bioengineered Nanoparticles to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

Co-Applicant(s): Dylan Burger Lay Abstract BACKGROUND: “Acute Kidney Injury” describes a serious medical condition involving the sudden loss of kidney function, associated with impaired ability to remove toxins from the body and control fluid balance. This condition com...

High Blood Pressure & Kidney Disease

High blood pressure (also called hypertension) may cause chronic kidney disease.  The reverse is also true: chronic kidney disease frequently causes high blood pressure.   High blood pressure damages the small blood vessels that deliver blood to the kidneys’ filters.  Long...

Alberta’s Kidney Foundation Branches Launch Campaign to Increase Organ Donation at the Beginning of

For the 4,585 Canadians waiting on a transplant waitlist, getting the call from their transplant team saying they are next in line is better than winning the lottery.  With a median wait time of 4 years for a deceased organ transplant, the stakes are high for patients.  Increa...

2024 Kidney Kids Camp: A beautiful thing.

(Easter Seals Camp Horizon - Bragg Creek, Alberta) This summer, children living with kidney disease and transplants from all over Alberta experienced a magical week at Kidney Kids Camp in Kananaskis . Thanks to the generous donations from supporters, The Kidney Foundation of...

Pharmacometabolomics in pediatric transplant recipients and relationship to mycophenolate mofetil ph

Children with end-stage kidney failure benefit greatly from kidney transplantation to return them to more normal living. In order to prevent rejection, children must continue to take medications that suppress the immune system for the rest of their lives. Because these medicat...

Evaluating the protective role of a novel mitochondria-targeted hydrogen sulphide donor molecule aga

Lay Summary Kidney failure is on the rise, with 1 out of every 1000 Canadians currently on dialysis. Sadly, this number continues to increase by 5% each year. Half of these dialysis patients will die from complications of kidney failure within 5 years. Although kidney tran...

The Kidney Foundation’s Organ & Tissue Donation Campaign, Saving Lives Through No Missed Donor Oppor

In the 1930s, a young Dr. Willem Kolff witnessed the slow and painful death of a 22-year-old man with acute kidney failure. This experience was a watershed moment in Dr. Kolff's medical career, leading him to invent one of the foremost life-saving instruments in the history of...

The Government of Alberta’s $1.5 Million Grant Provides Kidney and Transplant Patients in Alberta wi

Receiving a diagnosis of kidney disease and organ failure adds an immense emotional, mental, and physical strain for patients and their families. A diagnosis also includes costly financial pressures. “People diagnosed with kidney failure require dialysis, a lifesaving treat...

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