Press Room
December 2008
Kidney Transplant Recipient Paul T. Conway Honored by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
Washington, DC (December 5, 2008) - Paul T. Conway, Chief of Staff to Federal Coordinator Douglas O'Dell at the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding (OFC), U.S....
December 2008
Dialysis Treatment Clears the Blood, But Does it Cloud the Vision?
New York, NY (December 1, 2008) - Magnifying glasses may soon join the dialysis machine as essential equipment in dialysis centers around the country. A new study, published in the...
November 2008
Patients with Kidney Failure Living Longer
New York, NY (November 24, 2008) - Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are surviving longer, and fewer will succumb during their first year on dialysis than in the past, according to...
November 2008
Kidney Cars Celebrates America Recycles Day
New York, NY (November 12, 2008) - It's too big to fit in the blue plastic bin at the curb, but your car is what you should think about recycling as you join thousands of Americans in...
November 2008
Fish Swims to the Top of the Diabetic Diet
New York, NY (November 3, 2008) - Adding fish to the dinner menu twice a week may lower the risk of kidney disease in people with diabetes, according to a study published in the November...
October 2008
National Kidney Foundation Launches Pediatric Kidney Disease Educational Program
New York, NY (October 24, 2008) - Children and young adults who are diagnosed with kidney failure face a lifelong challenge, along with their families. Developmental milestones such as...
October 2008
CKD Patients More Likely to Die From Heart Disease Than to Develop Kidney Failure
New York, NY (October 24, 2008) - Rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States have increased by more than 20% over the last decade, causing loss of life and sky-rocketing...
October 2008
Costs of Home Hemodialysis Offset by Better Health, Fewer Hospitalizations
New York, NY (October 1, 2008) - Daily hemodialysis administered in patients’ homes is associated with better health outcomes compared with peritoneal dialysis, according to an article...
September 2008
Don't Write Off the Benefits of Charitable Car Donations
New York, NY (September 25, 2008) - Getting mileage out of your used car by donating it to charity may still be possible as 2008 winds down. Although recent tax code changes have affected the...
September 2008
Donating Your Car Could Lead to the Drive of Your Life
New York, NY (September 3, 2008) - If you’ve stuck it out through thick and thin for a quarter of a century of marriage, you might be rewarded with a piece of silver or an exotic trip....
