What's New?

5/1/2008 - AAKP Pushes for Support of the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2007


4/15/2008 - NEW! Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities
View and download the new Conditions for Coverage for ESRD Facilities.

3/4/2008 - Kidney Talk: Living on Both Sides of the Knife
Click to listen to this pod cast from RSN featuring Steve Woodle, M.D., transplant surgeon at the University of Cincinnati Hospitals, Department of Surgery, who has been on both sides of the knife, having to undergo liver transplant surgery himself. KidneyTalk illuminates his journey from diagnosis to transplantation and how he views his own patients' needs.

3/3/2008 - Seymour Jones and the Temple of Chronic Kidney Disease
Short film produced by RSN about Chronic Kidney Disease and how to identify the symptoms.

1/16/2008 - Celebrities to Attend The Ninth Annual Kidney Teen Prom
"Winter Elegance", sponsored by the Renal Support Network (RSN) will be held on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks.

1/16/2008 - Donate Life Kingdom Day Parade Float
Inaugural Donate Life Kingdom Day Parade Float To Inspire Community With Message of Hope on January 21.

11/13/2007 - Love and Organs
A window into the transplant process from the perspective of the transplant center-based transplant coordinator. Click here to see an insightful and educational story from current.com that was shot at St. Vincent Medical Center. Amy, 26, who's receiving a kidney from her 24 year-old boyfriend Michael.

10/24/2007 - American Kidney Fund Providing Disaster Relief to California Dialysis Patients
The American Kidney Fund, the nation's No. 1 source of direct financial assistance to kidney patients, has activated its Disaster Relief Program to provide emergency grants to help dialysis patients who have been affected by the California wildfires.

10/1/2007 - In Stock Now! Living Well with Kidney Disease
Expanded, Updated, Easy-to-Use Resource for Patients and their Families. This book is based on the handbook "When Your Kidneys Fail". Visit the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California website at www.kidneysocal.org, or click on the link to download the order form.

8/31/2007 - Research Study on Chronic Kidney Disease
For adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney disease or who are currently on dialysis or have had a kidney transplant. There is a limited number of openings for participants so please sign up today. Separate focus groups for English and Spanish speakers. The study is being conducted by health researchers and doctors from UCLA, Charles Drew University, and the RAND Corporation, a private, not-for-profit research center. If you participate, you will get $65 in CASH and FREE food at the focus group meeting. Click on the link for more information.