It is National Donate Life Month, but there are no high-profile advocates for sufferers of severe or “end stage” kidney disease, unlike breast cancer and AIDS. In 2005, the latest data available, kidney failure killed 85,790 people — twice the estimated 40,000 deaths from breast cancer. It’s symbolic of the disparity of effort that the National Kidney Foundation holds a “Kidney Walk” whereas breast cancer has a “Race for the Cure.”