A $200,000 grant has been provided by the Government of Alberta to the Kidney Foundation of Canada to establish a Living Organ Donor Expense Reimbursement Program in Alberta. The program will reimburse an Albertan who donates a kidney, partial lung or liver, for some costs associated with the organ donation process. 
A study published in Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation by a group of Albertan researchers led by Ms. Lianne Barnieh, supported by a Kidney Foundation Allied Health Doctoral Fellowship, explored for the first time in Canada the barriers to living kidney donation for eligible kidney transplant patients.
In a study funded by The Kidney Foundation and published in JAMA, patients with diabetic nephropathy taking high doses vitamin B showed a decrease in kidney function.
Our information brochure on Nutrition and chronic kidney disease has just been updated and is now available along with new Fact Sheets that show you how to control your intake of certain nutrients such as salt, potassium and phosphorus to help relieve symptoms and maintain health.