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A New Kidney for Andi - Journal of a donation of a kidney to site author's daughter.
American Kidney Fund - Information about this national voluntary health organization, as well as kidney disease facts.
At Home With Dialysis - Site devoted to home hemodialysis. A personal story with support group.
Chronic Kidney Failure - eMedicine Health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of kidney failure.
Meta Description: [ Chronic kidney disease causes are diseases of the kidney(s), diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure, Glomerulonephritis, polycystic disease, medications, and other conditions. Twenty percent of people over the age of 20 years will develop chronic kidney disease.
The kidneys are a pa... ]
Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort - Features a research network focused on prediction and mechanisms of progression towards renal disease and cardiovascular events in patients with CRI.
DaVita Patient Citizens - Nationwide, non-profit, patient-governed dialysis organization dedicated to improving quality of life. Available in English and Spanish.
Meta Description: [ DaVita Patient Citizens is a nationwide, non-profit, patient-led dialysis organization with membership open only to dialysis and pre-dialysis patients and their families, working to improve the quality of life for dialysis patients. ]
Dialysis Access Care Center Online - Provides timely planning and consulting information for nephrologists interested in access care and interventional nephrology.
Dialysis Online Message Boards - Open for dialysis patients, doctors, technicians, nurses, social workers and dieticians.
eMedicine Health - Acute Kidney Failure - Consumer health resource center providing an overivew of this disorder, causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Meta Description: [ The kidneys are a pair of small organs that lie on either side of your spine at about waist level. They act as filters that keep your blood free of ... ]
End Stage Renal Disease Network 13 - Provides support and information on ESRD to the Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma renal communities.
Meta Description: [ Introduction to the duties of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13. ]
Forum of ESRD Networks - Information about this national organization as well end-stage renal disease data.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Forum of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks. ]
Gil's Home - My personal stories about two failed kidney transplants, hemodialysis since 1984, and a recent trial run of peritoneal dialysis.
Meta Description: [ Personal Story of PKD, Dialysis and Transplant ]
HDCN - Provides up-to-date, selected information on renal disorders and their treatment, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and about hypertension, dialysis, and clinical nephrology topics.
Meta Description: [ Hypertension, Dialysis, Kidney
Disease, Nephrology, Nutrition information. For physicians, nurses,
dietitians. Medical grand rounds, CME, CEU. ]
In Focus: A Photographic Journey - John F. Martin, a photojournalist, documented his bout with kidney failure, dialysis and the live-donor transplant he received from his father. Over 100 photos take the reader through the year-long process step-by-step.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of a photojournalist who chronicles his journey through kidney failure -- from diagnosis to the search for a donor to dialysis, and ultimately to a kidney transplant. ]
Kidney Directions - Site sponsored by Baxter Healthcare discusses end stage renal disease, acute kidney failure, and chronic kidney failure.
Meta Description: [ Treatment at the end stage of renal failure involves replacing the lost functions of your kidneys by dialysis or by a kidney transplant. ]
Mayo Clinic: Kidney Transplant Program - Learn more about the center for treatment and diagnosis. Includes information on living donor kidney transplants.
Meta Description: [ The kidney transplant program emphasizes living donor kidney transplants. Learn more at Mayo Clinic. ]
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Information about the organization, as well as research, special reports, health information, clinical trials and health education programs.
Meta Description: [ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. We conduct and support biomedical research and provide health information. ]
National Kidney Foundation-Making Lives Better - Information for organ donors and recipients, for patients and professionals, meetings and events and support. An A-Z guide for kidney disease and related conditions.
Meta Description: [ The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. ]
NephrologyChannel: CRF - An overview of Chronic renal failure, including the causes, symptoms, types, diagnosis and treatment.
Meta Description: [ Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the progressive loss of kidney function. The kidneys attempt to compensate for renal damage by hyperfiltration, which causes further loss of function. ]
Pediatric On Call - Find out what would be the right kind of food for your child with chronic renal failure (CRF).
Meta Description: [ Find out about the right kind of food for chronic renal failure at www.pediatriconcall.com ]
Phosphorus Control - For healthcare professionals on the treatment and management of hyperphosphatemia.
Polycystic Kidney Disease Chat and Community - A place where people with PKD, friends and family members can go for support. With many links for dialysis information and offers weekly chats and message boards.
Meta Description: [ Hi there! I have PKD and started this caring support group 7yrs ago. Being as we are a close group PLEASE use a first name and NOT a wierd or strange screen name. You MUST use a valid email address or your membership will be NOT be accepted.
NO BLANK APPLICATIONS..BLANK ONE WILL BE DENIED!!!!
W... ]
Renalrelating - Yahoo email list group providing support for people with or about to be in kidney failure.
Meta Description: [ renalrelating: Renalrelating ]
Renalworld - Allows patient, professionals and the public access to the worldwide kidney resources on the Web. Links. Animated GIFS, preESRD education, Fadem's Kidney Guide.
Meta Description: [ Allows patient, professionals and the
public access to the vast kidney disease resources on the Web. Links. Animated GIFS, preESRD education,
Fadem's Kidney Guide, Allows patient, professionals and the public access to the worldwide kidney resources on the Web. Links. Animated GIFS, preESRD edu... ]
Royal Cornwall Hospital Renal Units - For patients who live in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Includes an introduction, kidney failure explained, symptoms, Haemodialysis and CAPD introduction.
Meta Description: [ Royal Cornwall Hospital Renal Units, Patients and Carers Web Site, UK, Kidney Failure, Haemodialysis, CAPD, Peritoneal, Dialysis, Transplant ]
Southern California Renal Disease Council - Forms, reports, data, and resources for end stage renal disease patients, providers and facilities. Information on dialysis and transplant. Some information in Spanish.
Suite101 - A kidney failure site that publishes monthly articles on the subject of renal failure.
Meta Description: [ Kidney failure, also known as renal failure, is a condition that cannot be cured, only treated, by two means, either dialysis or transplantation.
Being diagnosed with kidney failure means a huge change of lifestyle for not just the patient, but family and friends as well. ]
URREA: University Renal Research and Education Association - Details about this organization whose purpose is to conduct epidemiological, clinical, and economic studies of ESRD and related diseases. Includes contact information.
Meta Description: [ The University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to conduct epidemiological, clinical, and economic studies of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and
related diseases. ]
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