121. UMHS Press Release:Scientists Find Genes For Lethal Kidney Disease for lethal kidney disease that strikes infants and children May be linked to lifethreatening polycystic kidney disease in adults. http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2003/kidney.htm

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123. PROCRIT.com: Nephrology: Nephrology Home Page Learn about a medication that treats anemia and fatigue associated with chronic kidney disease, for people not on dialysis. http://www.procrit.com/nephrology/

Learn about how kidney disease, or kidney problems caused by diabetes or high blood pressure, can cause anemia. One of the most difficult side effects of anemia is fatigue, or excessive tiredness. If you've been feeling especially tired since you developed kidney problems, and you don't have the strength to do the things you used to do, you may have anemia without even knowing it. Take a simple self-assessment to determine whether your fatigue is due to anemia. Learn More Learn what you can do to get the most from your next doctor visit. Learn More Chart your activities and energy levels to determine whether anemia may be causing your fatigue. Learn More Learn more about how PROCRIT can help treat anemia. Learn More Click here to learn if you could be anemic. See other chronic kidney disease patients describe how anemia affected their lives, and how PROCRIT helped. Learn More Full Prescribing Information By using this site you agree to our Legal Notice and HIV/AIDS Cancer Surgery Chronic Kidney Disease ... 4Anemia.com

124. TMR - Polycystic Kidney Disease Polycystic kidney disease A Challenging Illness Affecting Hundreds of Thousands. By Joel R. Cooper. This was my first exposure to polycystic kidney disease. http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0795/polycyst0795.html

Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Challenging Illness Affecting Hundreds of Thousands By Joel R. Cooper Several years ago, I dated a woman whose father, a big computer company executive, had polycystic kidney disease. He received dialysis treatments at home, and was okay for a while, then developed complications and died. I remember seeing him at home on that machine which took blood from his body, then routed it into its mechanical innards and back into him after cleansing it somehow. Having never worked in a clinical environment before, seeing him lying there hooked up to a machine upon which he depended for life made me feel queasy and uncomfortable. Perhaps the experience reminded me of the fragility of life in general and my own mortality in particular. This was my first exposure to polycystic kidney disease. It had an impact. The woman, too, had the disease, which was genetically passed on to her from her father. A ballet instructor and choreographer, she's still very much alive today, but she has to be careful about her health and diet. And she knows her future is not necessarily very bright. She could die the same way her father did, if medical science can't produce a more palatable outcome for her. 600,000 Americans have the same disease she does, yet it's hardly a household term like AIDS. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), sometimes called autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, is a life-threatening genetic disorder that eventually produces end-stage renal (kidney) disease in the majority of cases. Patients progressing to end-stage renal disease, must have either hemodialysis (a removal of the toxic substances in the blood by a machine that acts as an artificial kidney) or a kidney transplant to survive. According to the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri USA, an estimated 5 to 10 million people have the disease worldwide.

125. Home Page Of The National Kidney Foundation Of The National Capital Area Information about the organization's patient and public education programs, special events and Kidney Cars Donation Program, along with general kidney disease and organ donation information. http://www.kidneywdc.org/

powered by 4th Annual Virginia Golf Classic Raises $100,000 to Combat Kidney Disease The National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area hosted the 4th Annual Virginia Golf Classic at Lowes Island Club in Potomac Falls, Virginia on Monday, April 26. The tournament, sponsored nationally by Cadillac and locally by Novartis and Bristol-Myers Squibb, attracted 160 golfers and raised close to $100,000 in the fight against kidney disease. Master of Ceremonies, Frank Herzog (Left) and Honorary Chairman Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) enjoy a dry moment. Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) served once again as Honorary Chairman of the event, with WUSA Sportscaster Frank Herzog as Master of Ceremonies. Special guests included Congressmen Henry Brown (R-SC) and Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), as well as Jaren Jackson , assistant coach, Georgetown University Basketball.

126. THE MERCK MANUALSECOND HOME EDITION, Polycystic Kidney Disease Polycystic kidney disease. Polycystic The genetic defect that causes polycystic kidney disease may be dominant or recessive. That http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home2/sec11/ch146/ch146k.jsp

127. CKD Chronic kidney disease. This magazine contains feature articles on healthy living for those with chronic kidney disease and their family members. http://www.aakp.org/CKD.htm

Home Membership Education AAKP News ... Useful Links Chronic Kidney Disease This section of AAKP's web site is devoted to those persons who have recently been diagnosed with kidney disease or those who may be predisposed to kidney disease. Please browse through the information and e-mail us at info@aakp.org if you have any questions, suggestions or comments about the material included in the web site. We would also appreciate it if you would let your friends, family members or colleagues know about this section of the AAKP web site. CKD Magazine CKD Book AAKP Kidney Beginnings: The Magazine made its debut in August. This magazine contains feature articles on healthy living for those with chronic kidney disease and their family members. Please click the links below to read recent articles or to join the mailing list for AAKP's new magazine. Articles Mailing List Kidney Beginnings: A Patient's Guide To Living With Reduced Kidney Function is a 62-page book providing patients with the information they need to take control of their healthcare and do what is necessary to preserve and protect their kidney function.

128. National Kidney Foundation Of Mississippi Their goal is to prevent kidney disease and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and wellbeing of individuals affected by these diseases, and to increase the availability of organs for transplantation. http://www.kidneyms.org/

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129. Genetics Of Kidneys In Diabetes (GoKinD) Study Medical research study to find out more about the role that genes play in causing kidney disease in people with Type 1 diabetes. http://www.gokind.org

130. Home Page Patient services and programs, special events, serving patients with diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease, and their families. http://www.kidneyar.com

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131. Billy Preston Hospitalized With Kidney Disease CNN http://cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/28/us.people.preston.ap/index.html

132. Kidney Health Australia National Renal Resource Centre with brochures covering all aspacts of renal and urological disease. http://www.kidney.org.au/

News Library Corporate Health Info Partnerships Employment Fundraising How Can I Help? Operation Angel Wee Week Welcome to Kidney Health Australia public What's On Now or email healthinfo@kidney.org.au To access the latest news on kidney health register here Email: The material contained at this site does not constitute medical advice. It is intended for information purposes only. Published by Kidney Health Australia For information about website content please contact the National Communications Manager Last updated: May 2004

133. National Kidney Federation - Run By Kidney Patients For Kidney Patients. Kidney A UK charity run by kidney patients providing information on kidney/renal disease and its treatment. http://www.kidney.org.uk/

Search the NKF Web site:- NKF welcomes Part One of the Renal National Standards Framework (NSF) ... The NKF is the only UK charity run BY Kidney patients FOR kidney patients. Its aim is to promote, throughout the United Kingdom, the welfare of persons suffering from Kidney Disease or Renal failure and those relatives and friends who care for them. For more details on Online Donations, click here To view the many different areas of this website:- Click on an NKF Zone Button:- Click on a Bullet Point:- Click on a Button:- NKF INFORMATION Sign our Guestbook About this site Have you visited our What's New page recently? (Last updated: Sunday 23 May 2004 Renal National Service Framework (Part 1) now published click here to link to the Full Report on this web site (PDF, 303Kb) or click here to link to the UK Dept. of Health Renal NSF website - NEW NKF Chairman issues statement welcoming Part One of the Renal NSF - NEW Renal Revelations - A report for discussion Benefits for Renal Patients and Carers NKF Young Person's Group - click here for more details Holiday Insurance for Kidney Patients NKF submission to the NICE Appraisal on 'Immunosuppressive therapy for renal transplantation' NKF Conference reports (2003 Report now available) UK Transplant Press Release (No. 02/02) - Organ Donor Rates monitored for the first time

134. Proteinuria An introduction, a look at who is at risk, signs if this disease and kidney failure, testing, treatment, research, points to remember and resources. From The National kidney and Urologic diseases Information Clearinghouse. http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/pubs/proteinuria/proteinuria.htm

Email To A Friend Home : Proteinuria Proteinuria On this page: Who is at risk? What are the signs of proteinuria and kidney failure? What are the tests for proteinuria? How is proteinuria treated? ... For More Information Proteinuria describes a condition in which urine contains an abnormal amount of protein. Proteins are the building blocks for all body parts, including muscles, bones, hair, and nails. Proteins in your blood also perform a number of important functions. They protect you from infection, help your blood coagulate, and keep the right amount of fluid circulating through your body. As blood passes through healthy kidneys, they filter the waste products out and leave in the things the body needs, like proteins. Most proteins are too big to pass through the kidneys' filters into the urine unless the kidneys are damaged. The main protein that is most likely to appear in urine is albumin. Albumin is smaller and therefore more likely to escape through the filters of the kidney, called glomeruli. Sometimes the term albuminuria is used when the test detects albumin specifically. Albumin's function in the body includes retention of fluid in the blood. It acts like a sponge, soaking up fluid from body tissues. Inflammation in the glomeruli is called glomerulonephritis

135. Riverside Urology Specializes in the treatment of prostate disease and prostate cancer bladder cancer, urinary incontinence, male impotence and kidney stone disease. Located in Columbus, Ohio. http://www.2rui.com/

136. Kidney Directions: About End Stage Renal Disease Site sponsored by Baxter Healthcare discusses end stage renal disease, acute kidney failure, and chronic kidney failure. http://www.kidneydirections.com/us/patients/basics/kidneys/ext-end-stage-renal-d

When someone has end stage renal disease, the kidneys are damaged. The kidneys no longer work well enough to remove wastes and excess fluids from the body. Complete kidney failure occurs when less than 10% of your kidneys are working. Toxins , waste products from foods and body cells, plus extra fluids build up in the blood. If the excess wastes and fluids are not removed, the whole body is affected. You will become ill from the build up of waste products and fluid. When the kidneys cannot work normally any longer, this is called kidney failure. When kidney failure progresses to the point where the kidneys do not function well enough to keep a person healthy, he or she will need treatment. A process called "dialysis" is used to replace some of the functions (waste and fluid removal) of the kidneys. Or, a patient may be a candidate for a kidney transplant, which is when a new kidney from a living or deceased donor replaces the patient's nonfunctioning kidney (patients usually receive dialysis while they are waiting for a donor kidney). Not all people with kidney failure are candidates for a transplant. Kidney failure can happen suddenly or slowly.

137. Kidney Health General kidney information, disease treatment and prevention. Covers related topics of diabetes, hypertension and nutrition. http://www.medbroadcast.com/channel_main.asp?channel_id=1021

138. ESRD Treatment Choices A discussion about hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation in the treatment of endstage renal disease. http://cnpd.com/choices.htm

Today, there are new and better treatments for ESRD that replace the work of healthy kidneys. By learning about your treatment choices, you can work with your doctor to pick the one that's best for you and with the help of your health care team, family, and friends, you may be able to lead a full, active life. The following describes the choices for treatment: Hemodialysis Peritoneal Dialysis Kidney Transplantation Dialysis There are two forms of dialysis. They are Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis. Hemodialysis is a procedure that cleans and filters your blood. It rids your body of harmful wastes and extra salt and fluids. It also controls blood pressure and helps your body keep the proper balance of chemicals such as p otassium, sodium, and chloride. Hemodialysis Dialysis Hemodialysis uses a dialyzer, or special filter, to clean your blood. The dialyzer connects to a machine. During treatment, your blood travels through tubes into the dialyzer. The dialyzer filters out wastes and extra fluids. Then the newly cleaned blood flows through another set of tubes and back into your body. Before your first treatment, an access to your bloodstream must be made. The access provides a way for blood to be carried from your body to the dialysis machine and then back into your body. The access can be internal (inside the body usually under your skin) or external (outside the body).

139. Center For Dialysis Care. Dialysis Travel And Vacation In Cyprus In The Mediterr kidney failure disease patients can now travel to Paphos Cyprus and enjoy their vacations by the sea, while receiving their dialysis treatment in our kidney dialysis centers. http://www.hemodialysiscenter.com

Dialysis Center in Cyprus providing kidney dialysis treatment facilities for residents or travellers to the island. Our unit offers the opportunity to dialysis patients international to travel to Cyprus and enjoy their vacations in this favorite tourist destination in the Mediterranean sea having peace of mind regarding their medical needs and at reasonable cost. Qualified and experienced staff, and the latest technology machine meet all the patient dialysis and safety needs. © 2001 Hemodialysis Center. Created and Maintained by Worldsites

140. E-Kidneys.net: Anatomy, Formation Of Urine, Urination, Diseases, Diuretics, Acid Information about the human kidney, anatomy, physiology, disease, acidbase balance, and thirst mechanisms. http://www.e-kidneys.net

Canadian Online Pharmacies Canada Pharmacy Canadian Mail Order Pharmacies Healthcare professionals and scientists have carefully prepared this ALtruis Biomedical Network-affiliated site, intended for informational purposes only Partners: Anatomy Nephron Formation of Urine Urination ... Thirst The kidneys are very important organs within the human body. They guard blood volume, filter the blood and form urine, regulate water, electrolyte and acid base balance, produce some small hormones and participate in the metabolism of others. At rest, an estimated 20% of cardiac output (~1000ml/minute) flows through the kidneys where it is filtered and reconditioned. The kidneys have a major role in maintaining an internal environment that is compatible with life. These small organs must keep fluids, minerals (such as calcium and magnesium), and electrolytes (such as sodium and potassium) in balance while excreting waste products in the urine. One of the main tasks is to keep an appropriate amount of water in the body. Approximately 50-70% of body weight is attributed to water. The water is distributed between two compartments, that which is inside the cells (~2/3rds) and that which is outside the cells (~1/3rd). The water outside of the cells is further divided between the blood and tissues . Tissue fluid and blood plasma contain about the same electrolyte composition but plasma contains a large amount of protein. All of these compartments are in balance with each other, so that changes in one eventually causes changes in the others. Abnormalities in fluid distribution (such as edema) are associated with some common

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