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Forever connected: Longtime Thurston County tourism promoter given new kidney and lease on life from Rochester real estate agent Diane Weaver Simms.

While listening to the public radio show “Freakonomics,” Amy Stricherz was caught by a segment discussing altruistic donors — who choose to donate a kidney though they don’t have a loved one who needs one. Amy thought, “I can do that.”

Some people might consider scrolling through Facebook to be just a waste of time, but for Guillermo Solares, it literally saved his life.

The National Kidney Registry is now conducting microsite coach check-in webinars, a new initiative designed to support patients who are working with a microsite coach as part of their search for a living kidney donor. Microsite check-in webinars offer patients a chance to connect with their coach, ask questions, and receive practical guidance on how …

On April 1, 2025, Dr. Lisa Carchedi gave her older sister, Gina Warsaw, a kidney and a chance at a longer life.

Kidney failure impacts millions of people worldwide, but for one local couple, the fight against it took a remarkable turn.

Today, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) achieved a significant milestone: the 1,000th microsite patient to receive a living donor transplant. It took the NKR approximately six years to facilitate 1,000 kidney paired donation (KPD) transplants from its inception in 2008. Today, the NKR is facilitating approximately 2,000 KPD transplants per year. The Microsite Program is …

A U.S. Marine Corps spouse is thriving today because of a life-saving 2024 kidney transplant and collaboration between Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Tripler Army Medical Center.

Rachel Bennett calls her kidney “Emma”, in tribute to her sister who donated it so she could reclaim her life after kidney disease.

After 10 years on dialysis, and just days after the story of her long wait for a transplant was featured on “CBS Sunday Morning,” LaQuayia “LQ” Goldring, 35, has a new kidney.