Renal Support Network Announces the 19th Annual Essay Contest Theme: Who is Your Kidney Healthcare Hero?
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Renal Support Network Wants to Acknowledge the Efforts of Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19
Lori Hartwell, RSN’s founder and president, author of Chronically Happy: Joyful Living in Spite of Chronic Illness, and host of KidneyTalk Podcast, says, “People who live successfully with a chronic illness like kidney disease know firsthand the importance of their healthcare advocate.” GLENDALE, Calif. (PRWEB) May 26, 2021 Renal Support Network (RSN), a nonprofit, patient-run organization, encourages people with kidney disease to share their inspirational stories by entering its 19th Annual Essay Contest. This year RSN encourages people who have kidney disease to use their voice to express their appreciation for a healthcare professional who improved their experience of care. It’s all abou
JOIN RSN For its Art Contest Award Ceremony
Share Article GLENDALE, Calif. (PRWEB) May 06, 2021 Renal Support Network (RSN) is pleased to announce the results of its 2021 Art Contest during a Zoom Award Show this month. Please join us as we celebrate the contest winners Friday, May 14, 1 PM to 2 PM Pacific Time, for the award ceremony.
Winners were chosen by our judges based on skill level and how well their work reflected this year’s theme, “Hope for the Future.” In addition, the number of votes each entry received by the public were included in consideration based on the number of days the submission was available in the gallery for voting. Winning submissions will be featured in an Artist Profile blog post and promoted on RSN Social media channels. Their work will also be included in an exclusive artwork notecard collection that will RSN will release in June.
Akebia Therapeutics Celebrates World Kidney Day and National Kidney Month
Company Initiates Campaign to Honor Patients and Promote Awareness of Kidney Disease
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, celebrates World Kidney Day and National Kidney Month with the launch of new initiatives to increase awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD). As reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 37 million adults in the U.S. are affected by CKD, a progressive, irreversible, and often life-altering, illness.
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Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC may have the answer to the kidney shortage. I think that we have a system here which could be the first system that we do synthesize a new organ, said Dr. Andy McMahon, Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The goal for the team of researchers is to synthesize a kidney with sufficient function to keep a person off dialysis; a treatment that is life-saving, but difficult. Lori Hartwell was on dialysis for 13 years. It s very burdensome and so if you could have an artificial kidney that would allow you to live the life you were meant to live and get up and do everything you wanted it would be a huge breakthrough, said Hartwell, president of the Renal Support Network.