Kidney Disease
DaVita www.davita.com
NKDEP National Kidney Disease Education Program www.nkdep.nih.gov
PKD Foundation www.pkdcure.org
Kidney Disease Risk Factors
Learn everything about diabetes at the American Diabetes Association. www.diabetes.org
Find out about high blood pressure and calculate your risk for high blood pressure at the American Heart Association. www.heart.org
DaVita.com provides comprehensive information on smoking and chronic kidney disease and explains how smoking accelerates kidney disease progression in diabetics and those with high blood pressure.
New research has shown that there is a link between smoking, secondhand smoke and chronic kidney disease in teens. Read the latest research on our blog and at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health website.
Patient Support and Advocacy
AAKP American Association of Kidney Patients www.aakp.org
Dialysis Patient Citizens www.dialysispatients.org
Renal Support Network www.rsnhope.org
American Kidney Fund www.kidneyfund.org
Help Hope Live www.helphopelive.org
Transplant
TRIO: Transplant Recipients International Organization – “Voice of the Transplant Community” www.trioweb.org
Children’s Organ Transplant Association www.cota.org
Blogs
Confessions of a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Mary Wu
PKD Will Not Beat Me by Valen Keefer
Brittle Bones by Mary Wu
