Kidney Diseases and Treatment

• Patient Information on Kidney Diseases - Excellent series from the National Institutes of Health
• End Stage Renal Disease - Treatment Choices
• Kidney Options - New, and very complete educational resource for patients, families, friends and health care professionals.
• About Renal Failure - A shorter but well done primer on kidney failure from Fresenius Medical Care
• Diabetic Kidney Disease
• This short series is from Gambro:
  • What are Kidneys?
  • What is hemodialysis?
  • What is peritoneal dialysis?
• Kidney Stones
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Facts about Organ Donation and Transplantation - from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
• Kidney Transplantation and Donation - TransWeb
• The Renal Family Cookbook - (for sale; book is not online)

Diabetes

• Patient Information on Diabetes

Hypertension

• Hypertension Primer - From the American Heart Association. Excellent and comprehensive; an online textbook for non-physicians covering everything about high blood pressure.
• Exercise - from the American Heart Association
• Hypertension Network - A website devoted entirely to hypertension. Patient oriented.

United States Government Agencies

(See also New Mexico Government).

• Social Security Administration
• HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
• Medicare Info - New Mexico
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Organizations, Patient Associations, Advocacy Groups, Support Groups and Forums

• Comprehensive Index
• Dialysis Finder^tm - Find a Dialysis Unit anywhere in the United States. Free.
• Dialysis Yellow Pages - on RenalWEB.
• Renal Disease Patient Forum
• Kidney Transplant/Dialysis Association, Inc. - Volunteer, non-profit association of renal patients, families and friends
• American Kidney Fund
• National Kidney Foundation - Contact information for the NKF New Mexico Affiliate Office
• American Association of Kidney Patients - A national patient advocacy support organization
• Nephron Information Center
• RenalWEB - an "announcement board" for new products, services, and educational resources. Not affiliated with any dialysis company.
• Patient-Centered Dialysis Care - discussion board on RenalWEB.
• Restless Leg Syndrome Support Site
• American Heart Association
• TRIO - Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc.
• National Transplant Assistance Fund
• VSB Corporation - Providing financial resources to the seriously ill