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Facing a chronic illness alone can be hard for you and your family. If you have fears or concerns, talk with people close to you. Talk with your healthcare team and other people with kidney disease. Ask for support or help right away when you need it. Ask your healthcare team about support groups in your area for you and family members. Contact national organizations that offer expert advice and education.

Saint Luke’s is a leader in kidney transplantation—performing the first successful kidney transplant in the Kansas City area in 1969 and the first living kidney donation surgery via laparoscopy in the region.

We work with patients to measure the presence and degree of behavioral impairments because of neurological disease or problems in brain development. This information is used to diagnose neurobehavioral disorders; differentiate cognitive and psychological conditions; determine prognosis; and to make treatment recommendations.

We work with patients to measure the presence and degree of behavioral impairments because of neurological disease or problems in brain development. This information is used to diagnose neurobehavioral disorders; differentiate cognitive and psychological conditions; determine prognosis; and to make treatment recommendations.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common disease of the liver. It occurs when you have too much fat in the liver. If NAFLD is severe, it can cause liver damage that seems like the damage caused by drinking too much alcohol. But NAFLD is not caused by drinking alcohol.