kidney transplant

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if more of us knew

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Today is World Kidney Day. This year's theme is "Kidney Disease & Children: Act Early To Prevent It!" but since its inception in 2006,  the common goal of every theme has been to make more people aware of kidney disease early in its course, in hopes that it’s progression to end-stage kidney disease may be prevented or at least delayed.

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convince me

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“I like your haircut,” my colleague said as our paths merged on the way out of the hospital. “Thanks,” I smiled automatically, though I was surprised to hear the compliment since I cut my mid-back length locks off down to a short natural a year and a half prior. Clearly, it had been a while since we’d seen each other.