Category Archives: Nephrology

Jill Morton: Going for the Gold


This story originally appeared on “In the Loop”, a community/news site for Mayo Clinic employees. Eight years ago, Jill Morton was dying. A family history of kidney disease had finally caught up with her. Her kidneys were failing, and her … Continue reading

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A Marathon of Another Kind: Kidney Dialysis for 13 Months


It was the summer of 2008, and Nichole Rushton was primed and ready to run 26.2 miles – a marathon – something she had accomplished with relative ease twice before. At age 28, she well could have invented the concept of … Continue reading

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