Chronic Kidney Disease

• Home Dialysis Central - plan ahead to maintain your lifestyle by choosing dialysis you can do at home; learn what, how, and where on this site
• Kidney & Urology Foundation - patient and professional resources, including physician referrals, scholarships, emergency grants, a library of frequently asked questions, information about upcoming health fairs, and helpful links
• Kidney School™ - Life Options on-line kidney disease learning center
• Missouri Kidney Program - state-funded program providing financial help for qualified Missouri residents on dialysis or who have transplants, funding for cost-containment research, and patient and professional education; excerpts from Giving Your Kidney brochure for living donors, and links to other sites
• National Kidney Foundation A to Z Guide - full text versions of many of the most popular NKF booklets for patients and professionals
• National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut and Yale's Nephrology Section
• The NephCure Foundation - the only organization devoted to supporting research seeking the cause and cure of two potentially devastating kidney diseases, Nephrotic Syndrome and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerisis (FSGS); in addition, the NephCure Foundation also strives to raise awareness about Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS and educate patient families about these two devastating kidney diseases
• Nephron Information Center - dialysis facilities; education and the Kidney Disease e-mail discussion group for pre-ESRD patients; dialysis and transplant patients, professionals; a page on "Issues in Dialysis"; a calculator to determine level of GFR from labs, age, and gender; industry news; links
• NIDDK - Kidney Disease - on-line publications for patients and professionals in English and Spanish, links to organizations, journal references on kidney disease
• RenalInfo - patient and professional education about treatment options and living with kidney disease, sponsored by Baxter; includes the option to customize a "Kidney Health Planner," and to sign up for support or for the Stay In Touch program to receive free education materials
• RenalWeb - dialysis topics, discussion boards for patients and professionals, dialysis centers listing, "yellow pages" for suppliers, chat