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The Kidney Foundation believes that kidney patients should not be deterred from choosing home dialysis therapies due to financial burden. Those patients with end stage kidney disease who live a certain distance from Home Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis training programs can apply to The Kidney...

As your kidney function worsens, it’s important to start discussing your treatment options with your health care team. That way, you’ll have time to plan ahead so that your treatment choice is the right one for your health, lifestyle and personal circumstances. When your kidneys have failed, you may...

My family will celebrate the 30-year anniversary of our mom’s transplant with her in November. November 19, 2021 will mark a huge milestone in my family. It will be 30 years since I gave my mom, Eunice Robinson, one of my kidneys. At the time, I was 29 years old and my mom was 53. Here is my...

April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, a time to spark conversations that save lives and turn awareness into action. By sharing stories and amplifying the voices of donors and recipients, communities and organizations can help close the gap between need and availability. The Kidney...

The objective of our tutoring services is to promote academic support by providing a tutor to accompany young patients who are pre-dialysis, on dialysis, or have received a transplant, to support them in continuing their primary and secondary education. The impacts of chronic illness are numerous...

2023 - 2026 $180,000 Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, Population Health Person-centred perioperative risk prediction for people with kidney failure Lay Abstract People with kidney failure have up to 16 times more surgeries than people without kidney disease. They also have worse outcomes after...

2023 - 2026 $210,000 Chronic Kidney Disease Improving perioperative risk prediction for people with kidney disease Lay Abstract Risk of surgery for people with kidney failure: Bringing the patient voice to research Background: People with kidney failure have up to 16 times more surgeries than...

Kidneys remove waste products from your body, regulate water and produce hormones. Every minute, about one litre of blood (one fifth of all the blood pumped by the heart) enters the kidneys through the renal arteries. After the blood is cleaned, it flows back into the body through the renal veins. A...