Portland Patient Symposium shows that fighting kidney disease is a team effort
3.7.2017 On March 4, the Chronic Disease Coalition attended the National Kidney Foundation’s Patient &... Continue reading »
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‘Heart Your Kidneys’ during National Kidney Month and learn more about an organ crucial to your health
3.1.2017 Each March, National Kidney Month helps to raise awareness and educate people on the... Continue reading »
Three kidney patients speak out about the need for charitable premium assistance
2.22.17 Americans have been publishing letters in local newspapers in recent weeks calling on the... Continue reading »
Patient advocacy groups speak out in support of Oregon Senate Bill 526
2.21.17 A bill before the 2017 Oregon Legislature would help protect patients from problems stemming... Continue reading »
Patient advocacy groups send joint letter to Secretary Price to protect patient rights
2.14.2017 On Feb. 13, the Chronic Disease Coalition and 200 patient groups signed and sent... Continue reading »
World Cancer Day unites the globe in the fight against cancer
2.2.17 February 4 may seem to be another day like any. But for millions of... Continue reading »
Chronic Disease Coalition applauds court decision to halt federal rule that would harm kidney dialysis patients
1.26.17 A judge has halted a federal government rule that would have allowed insurance companies... Continue reading »
Mary Tyler Moore, actress and diabetes advocate, dies
1.25.17 Our immediate reaction, upon seeing the CNN news flash today announcing that Mary Tyler... Continue reading »
Charis Hill discusses living with an invisible disease
1.19.17 Charis Hill went from playing soccer at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, to... Continue reading »