Resources

Kidney Disease Prevention and Facts

American Diabetes Association

The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. The American Diabetes Association is the nation’s leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching more than 800 communities.

Kidney Wise

A community website designed to provide kidney patients, their caregivers and families with the support they may need through life’s ups and downs. The idea of this site is that it provides a place to socialize, find information about living with kidney failure and to contribute to research about kidney failure.

Kidney School

Kidney School is an interactive, web-based learning program in 20-minute modules. It was designed to help people learn what they need to know to understand kidney disease and its treatment, adjust to kidney disease, make good medical choices, and live as fully as possible. You decide which modules to visit and when, so what you learn is entirely up to you.

National Kidney Foundation, Inc.

The National Kidney Foundation is a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan has numerous resources available as does the District of Columbia affiliate.

National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) created NKDEP to close the gap between evidence and practice. Working through a Steering Committee, Work Groups, and private and public partners, NKDEP aims to reduce morbidity and mortality from kidney disease by raising awareness about the seriousness of the problem and the importance of prevention, early diagnosis, and appropriate management. Each year, hundreds of thousands of families reconnect with their extended family members. With the reality that diabetes and high blood pressure often run in families, what a fitting opportunity to make family members with these conditions aware of their risk for kidney disease and to encourage them to get tested.

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)

NKUDIC is an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service, which is under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

National Organization for Renal Disease (NORD)

NORD provides critical and preventive medical, educational, health screenings and research information to under-insured, under-served adults at high risk of developing renal (kidney) disease and its precursors. The organization is working to transform the therapies and delivery systems used to treat renal disease and its precursors- diabetes and hypertension. The nonprofit promotes organ and tissue donation among families and friends. These changes should result in the betterment of these individuals, their communities and beyond.

World Kidney Day

Kidney disease is a “disease multiplier.” It causes death in many people with diabetes and hypertension and predicts the development of a cardiovascular event. Abnormalities in kidney function often represent an early window into the state of the general vascular system. This window facilitates early disease detection before patients develop the more devastating problems such as stroke, peripheral vascular disease, coronary heart disease and kidney failure. This new information now demands that the kidney assumes a central role in global health and prevention efforts because increased awareness of kidney disease has the immediate potential to dramatically reduce the growing burden of deaths and disability from chronic cardiovascular disease worldwide.”

Comprehensive List of Kidney Resources

Davita

DaVita provides dialysis services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney failure, a condition also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are interactive learning activities including a kidney quiz and views of how the kidney works and dialysis.

New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)

NOAH provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.

Renal Support Network

Renal support Network A resource for those with depressed kidney function.

KidneyTimes

KidneyTimes A compendium of articles related to kidney disease, many which are patient-written.

KidneySpace

KidneySpace is an online discussion forum where people can post questions or comment on other posts.