Deterioration Quote by Xavier Becerra

Twelve people die every day because there aren't enough kidneys.

— Sally Satel

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of…

— Xavier Becerra

“the U.S., 5,000 people die waiting for a transplant that never comes.               Supply and demand.               People need donor kidneys to survive, but…

— Robert Thornhill

People who are living donors who give kidneys. You can't give a heart and you can't give a liver, but you can sure give…

— Larry Hagman

I was diagnosed with hypertension when I was 24, and I battled hypertension for about 10 to 12 years, and then I went to…

— Grizz Chapman

A patient healthy enough to undergo a kidney transplant might someday no longer need dialysis. That would free up a slot for a new…

— Sheri Fink

Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez,…

— Virginia Postrel

I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance.

— Marya Hornbacher

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

In the United States, Western Europe and Japan, there is widespread access to dialysis, most of it publicly funded. But in many countries, the…

— Sheri Fink

“a kidney transplant, organ traders will continue to have a thriving business. For the average American, all of these statistics mean very little and…

— Robert Thornhill

I'd like people to know that you can head off kidney disease, maybe prevent a transplant or stop the disease from progressing after detection…

— Sean Elliott