Renal Support Network NewsSource: http://www.rsnhope.org
Description: News, Events and Information from the Renal Support Network
1/20/2010 - Jack Black Gives Back at RSN Renal Teen Prom
For one precious night, movie star Jack Black helped more than 300 teens forget about dialysis and renal disease and enjoy a right of passage most kids take for granted: the prom.
12/1/2009 - Charity Accessory Party to Help Send Teens to Renal Prom
Community invited to donate items or attend fundraiser for local renal charity.
10/26/2009 - Kidney-Issue Play Nabs Five Ovation Nominations for RSN
Renal Support Network (RSN) has landed five Ovation Award nominations for its groundbreaking production of “Who Lives?,” a play that explores the 1960’s anonymous citizens committee that determined the life-or-death fate of kidney patients applying for dialysis...
10/5/2009 - RSN Announces Winners of 7th Annual KidneyTimes Essay Contest
How Do You Live a Joyful Life in Spite of Kidney Disease?
10/2/2009 - The Proposed Rule for Reimbursing Dialysis Care: Learn, Share Knowledge, and Comment
RSN Creates Online Forum KidneyPublicPolicy101.com to Foster Discussion
10/1/2009 - Kidney Survivor! RSN Regional Patient Lifestyle Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah
Kidney patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals are invited to attend a free regional meeting “Kidney Survivor” to learn ways of living long and well with kidney disease. The meeting will be held on October 10th, 2009...
1/9/2009 - Kidney Teens Happy to Have Night to Remember
Dialysis or Kidney Transplant, All are Friends at RSN Renal Teen Prom
1/5/2009 - Kidney Transplant Recipient Donates New Prom Dresses to Teens
Holly Cummings fought a family history of kidney disease, and when she heard that the 10th Annual Renal Teen Prom needed prom dresses to give away this year, she went out and bought three, then donated them.
12/3/2008 - KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS WITH POOR HEALTH LITERACY ARE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS
Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Health Literacy on Access to Transplants Should be Explored
11/19/2008 - PKD: It Runs in the Family
RSN Uploads new KidneyTalk Show
11/18/2008 - RSN Leaders Convene at ASN Renal Week 2008
Renal Support Network brought kidney community patient leaders together for a weekend meeting during the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) Renal Week 2008 in Philadelphia this past week.
11/17/2008 - Kris Robinson, Executive Director of AAKP
RSN joins the kidney community in mourning the passing of Kris Robinson
11/12/2008 - PREVENTING ANEMIA IS IMPORTANT TO KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE
Study Indicates that FDA Statements May Need to Be Revised
10/28/2008 - NxStage Reports Positive Interim Quality of Life Results from Landmark FREEDOM Study Comparing Clinical and Economic Benefits of its Daily Home Hemodialysis Therapy with Thrice-Weekly In-Center Treatment
10/28/2008 - WEBINAR SERIES CONTINUES AFTER HUNDREDS PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE Q & A SESSION WITH POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE EXPERT
PKD Foundation schedules second webinar as patient education expansion celebrates first success
10/22/2008 - PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS THE STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES CONGRESSIONAL GIFT OF LIFE MEDAL ACT INTO LAW
10/20/2008 - FDA Creates Web Page with Drug Safety Information for Patients, Health Care Professionals
Consolidates information in one access point
10/15/2008 - OBTAINING KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS ABROAD CARRIES CERTAIN MEDICAL RISKS
“Transplant Tourism” Linked to Increased Acute Rejections and Infectious Complications
10/10/2008 - U.S. Transplant Waiting List Passes 100,000
As of Oct. 6, 2008, more than 100,000 people were registered awaiting an organ transplant from a deceased donor at U.S. transplant centers. This is the first time that threshold has been exceeded.
10/8/2008 - How a Firefighter Fought for his Kidney
New RSN KidneyTalk Show Uploaded
9/30/2008 - RESEARCHERS REVEAL WHY KIDNEYS FROM OLDER DONORS DO NOT LAST AS LONG AS THOSE FROM YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS
Impaired Filtering Causes Self-Perpetuating Injury in Older Kidneys
9/30/2008 - AAKP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO RESIGNS
9/24/2008 - Shedding a Light on Depression
New RSN KidneyTalk Show Uploaded
9/15/2008 - RSN and NRAA to Launch Sponsorship and Marketing Collaboration at Fall Conference in Cleveland
Getting the word out about The Renal Support Network’s (RSN) HOPEline call-in support program will become easier this month
9/9/2008 - SENATE RESOLUTION AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WORST GENETIC DISEASE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF
Senate approves “PKD Awareness Week” Legislation to coincide with Walk for PKD.
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