National Kidney Foundation Information for organ donors and recipients, for patients and professionals, meetings and events and support. An AZ guide for kidney disease and related conditions. http://www.kidney.org/
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Urologic And Male Genital Diseases Polycystic kidney disease An Unrecognized Emerging Infectious Disease? About Polycystic kidney disease A Challenging Illness . http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C12.html
Extractions: Diseases and Disorders Links pertaining to Urologic and Male Genital Diseases Alert! Patients and laypersons looking for guidance among the target sources of this collection of links are strongly advised to review the information retrieved with their professional health care provider. Start Page Contents: Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease Balanitis Bladder Diseases Bladder Exstrophy ... Vesico-Ureteral Reflux Genital Diseases, Male Male Genital System Pathology [images; EC Klatt] Sex Organ Homologies - Loyola Univ. (US) Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial [links] Ed's Lecture Notes on Diseases of the Male Reproductive System [E Friedlander] - (US) [GT Falk] - (UK) The Circumcision Debate - Dr. George
Auafoundation.org Nonprofit corporation for the prevention and cure of urologic disease, through the expansion of patient education, public awareness, research and advocacy. Includes prostate, kidney, impotence, bladder, infertility, and pediatric urology. http://www.afud.org/
Mission Pharmacal Company Provides Citracal, calcium supplements for osteoporosis prevention and UrocitK for kidney stone prevention and kidney stone disease. Also menopause relief, impotence cures, and erectile dysfunction. http://www.missionpharmacal.com/
Extractions: The NKF is the only UK charity run by Kidney patients for kidney patients. Its aim is to promote, throughout the United Kingdom, the best renal medical practice and treatment, the health of persons suffering from Kidney Disease or Renal failure, and to support the related needs of those relatives and friends who care for kidney patients. For more details on Online Donations, click here NKF INFORMATION Sign our Guestbook
Donate Your Car To The Kidney & Urology Foundation Of America Proceeds benefit kidney and urological disease research and assistance. Campaign news, IRS tips, donation form and instructions, and event information provided. http://www.kidneyurology.org/support_us/su_cardonations.htm
Extractions: DONATE YOUR USED VEHICLE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Oh, how we Americans love our cars. program and donating your used vehicle you can fulfill the hopes and dreams of others? program provides essential funding for research and programs that touch people, and saves lives. Donate Donate Your Vehicle Online Form * The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 has altered the rules for the contribution of used motor vehicles, boats and planes after Dec. 31, 2004. If the claimed value of the donated motor vehicle, boat or plane exceeds $500 and the item is sold by the charitable organization, the taxpayer is limited to the gross proceeds from the sale. Donors with questions about how much of their contribution is deductible should call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 or click here for the full news release
Kidney Health Australia National Renal Resource Centre with brochures covering all aspacts of renal and urological disease. http://www.kidney.org.au/
Extractions: View workshop strategy report As a Kidney Health Australia supporter you now have your own exclusive travel club. Each holiday you book through Kidney Health Travel Club will help us reach our financial goal for delivery of research, education and health programs, and your goal of finding the perfect holiday!
Homemade Diets For Dogs & Cats Article gives recipes for special pet diets for heart, kidney, liver, and urinary tract disease, as well as weight reduction. http://www.2ndchance.info/homemadediets.htm
Extractions: Ron Hines DVM PhD 6/28/04 Home cooked diets for dogs and cats can be made to meet the needs of a large group of veterinary patients. Home cooked diets for dogs and cats are time consuming but rewarding. Almost any diet for dogs and cats that can be purchased ready made can also be cooked at home. Home cooked diets often taste better to dogs and cats than ready made diets. Large batches of home cooked dets for dogs and cats can be frozen and thawed when needed. Specialty diets are a viable alternative for pets with heart, kidney, urinary tract, diabetes and obesity problems; as well as for intestinal problems and allergic skin disease in dogs cats and other pets. For obvious reasons, most pet owners prefer buying these products prepared through commercial suppliers such as VetCentric (www.pethealthcenter.org). However, should you desire, similar diets can be prepared at home. A diet suitable for cats and dogs with certain lower urinary tract problems Oxalate stones form in an acid urine. They tend to reoccur and often have to be removed surgically. Although I have no experience formulating diets to prevent oxalate stone formation
The NCI Kidney Cancer Web Page Resource of the U.S. National Cancer Institute which touches on some of the less common manifestations of the disease. http://web.ncifcrf.gov/research/kidney/
Extractions: at the National Cancer Institute Carcinoma of the kidney affects some 27,000 individuals in the United States each year. Until recently relatively little attention was paid to the genetics and histology of renal carcinomas. In the past 10 years major advances have been made in the understanding of the genetic basis of human kidney cancer. The National Cancer Institute has become a leading center for research on the genetic basis of kidney cancer. We created this Web page to detail the research (with the very latest described in the "What's New" page), as well as the members of the multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists at the National Cancer Institute who study and treat patients with kidney cancer. We wish to inform the public of the Familial Kidney Tumor Program based at the National Cancer Institute in the hopes of encouraging persons having more than one family member afflicted with kidney cancer to register their families. Introduction , overview of clinical and research efforts at the National Cancer Institute Basic Science Research , looking for genetic changes in kidney cancer The Birt Hogg Dube syndrome Does Kidney Cancer Run in Families?
Celiac Disease Facts, provided by the NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and kidney Disorders). http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/
Extractions: Email To A Friend PDF Version NIH Consensus Development Conference on Celiac Disease Home ... Digestive Diseases A-Z List of Topics and Titles : Celiac Disease On this page: Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, found in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods, but is also found in products we use every day and even some medicines. Intestine Villi on the lining of the small intestine help absorb nutrients. When people with celiac disease eat foods or use products containing gluten, their immune system responds by damaging the small intestine. The tiny, fingerlike protrusions lining the small intestine are damaged or destroyed. Called villi, they normally allow nutrients from food to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Without healthy villi, a person becomes malnourished, regardless of the quantity of food eaten. Because the body's own immune system causes the damage, celiac disease is considered an autoimmune disorder. However, it is also classified as a disease of malabsorption because nutrients are not absorbed. Celiac disease is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
Extractions: 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
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/
Extractions: Prescription and Non-Rx Medications For Pets. Advantage, Capstar, Heartgard, FrontLine, Animal Wellness Center KIDNEY FAILURE IN THE DOG AND CAT Kidney failure... kidney disease in the dog and cat is a common and difficult disorder to manage. Often called CRF Chronic Renal Failure, it is seen most often in the older dog or cat. Kidney failure has it origins in a wide variety of causes. For example, some animals are born with poorly constructed or functioning kidneys and never reach totally optimum health. Eventually, these individuals usually fall into kidney failure at an early age. Another type of kidney failure can occur after accidental ingestion of antifreeze that contains ethylene glycol. These situations cause sudden and often irreversible renal (kidney) failure. Quite commonly, kidney failure results from low grade, long term (chronic) inflammation of kidney tissues called chronic nephritis ; the damage caused by this inflammation renders permanent damage to delicate renal tissues that are not able to repair themselves or heal as some other body tissues do. Eventually, not enough normal functioning tissue remains to support the body's need for metabolic regulation and waste elimination. The dog or cat becomes UREMIC, a condition where body waste material builds up in the blood. These toxins promote vomiting, poor appetite, depression, and eventually death. Bacterial invasion of the kidneys is a common cause of chronic nephritis and kidney failure.
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
Extractions: (advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery Urology Last Updated: November 10, 2004 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: acquired renal cystic disease, ARCD, acquired cystic disease, dialysis-associated cystic disease, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, ADPKD, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, ARPKD congenital multicystic kidney, CMK, cystic renal dysplasia, cystic dysplasia, multicystic dysplastic kidney, end-stage renal disease, ESRD, medullary sponge kidney, MSK, nephronophthisis-medullary cystic kidney disease complex, NMCD, nephronophthisis-uremic medullary cystic disease complex, juvenile nephronophthisis, medullary cystic disease, renal cell carcinoma, RCC, tuberous sclerosis, TS, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, VHLS, renal cysts, congenital cystic dysplasia AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography
The National Kidney Foundation Of Illinois Funds medical research for kidney and urinary disease and organ donation. An affiliate of the National kidney Foundation. http://www.nkfi.org/
Extractions: The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois is one of 50 affiliates of the National Kidney Foundation. The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois provides prevention programs and educational services and materials for Illinois kidney patients, transplant recipients and communities, as well as funding for medical research. The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois is committed to increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation through school, corporate and community organ donor awareness programs and legislative initiatives.
EMedicine Health - Kidney Transplant, End-Stage Renal Disease Endstage renal disease is the name for kidney failure so advanced that it cannotbe reversed (renal is another word for kidney). The name is appropriate http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/24500-1.asp
Extractions: Search September 9, 2005 Registration Healthcare Professionals You are in: Procedures End-stage renal disease is the name for kidney failure so advanced that it cannot be reversed ("renal" is another word for kidney). The name is appropriate: the kidneys in end-stage renal disease function so poorly that they can no longer keep you alive. End-stage renal disease cannot be treated with conventional medical treatments such as drugs. Only 2 treatments allow you to continue living when your kidneys stop functioning: dialysis and kidney transplantation. Dialysis is the term for several different methods of artificially filtering the blood. People who require dialysis are kept alive but give up some degree of their freedom because of their dialysis schedule, fragile health, or both. Kidney transplantation means replacement of the failed kidneys with a working kidney from another person, called a donor. Kidney transplantation is not a complete cure, although many people who receive a kidney transplant are able to live much as they did before their kidneys failed. People who receive a transplant must take medication and be monitored by a physician who specializes in kidney disease (nephrologist) for the rest of their lives. The National Kidney Foundation estimates that about 350,000 people in the United States have end-stage renal disease and about 67,000 people die of kidney failure every year.
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