Getting a Heart Transplant
A heart transplant is an operation in which a heart from someone who has died is placed into another person whose own heart has failed due to severe heart disease. The survival rates for heart transplants have improved steadily since the first ... [... more]
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Getting a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
A simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant (SKP) is an operation to place both a kidney and a pancreas - at the same time - into someone who has kidney failure related to type 1 diabetes. In many cases, both transplanted organs may come from the ... [... more]
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Survival Rate
The success rates of transplant surgery have improved remarkably, but growing shortages exist in the supply of organs and tissues available for transplantation. Many Americans who need transplants cannot get them because of these shortages. The ... [... more]
Kidney Association |
E-Kidney Newsletter February 2009
The E-Kidney Newsletter is the official online newsletter of the National Kidney Foundation The National Kidney FoundationâEURs (NKF) Board of Directors has announced a comprehensive action plan to address the urgent need to increase the number ... [... more]
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Dialysis: Deciding to Stop
There may come a time when you feel you want to discontinue dialysis treatment. You may feel that dialysis is no longer maintaining or improving your quality of life. If this occurs, it is important to know that you have the right to make the ... [... more]
Kidney Association |
LA DIETA Y LOS CÃ LCULOS RENALES
Si tiene cálculos renales, posiblemente necesite seguir una dieta especial. Primero su médico le hará algunas pruebas para averiguar que tipo de cálculos produce su cuerpo. A partir de estas pruebas el médico puede [... more]
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Dining Out With Confidence
Dining out can be enjoyable even when you must follow a special diet. You simply need to choose your foods more carefully. Before eating out, it is important to understand your diet. If you have any questions, discuss them with your ... [... more]
Kidney Association |
NKF Launches âEURoeEnd the WaitâEUR? Initiative
The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., 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 ... [... more]
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Vitamins and Minerals in Kidney Disease
Vitamins and minerals are important for everyone's good health. Now that you are on dialysis, you will need to know which vitamins and minerals you can use in the form of supplements. Vitamins and minerals are substances needed by your body to ... [... more]
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How does hemodialysis work?
Healthy kidneys clean your blood and remove extra fluid in the form of urine. They also make substances that keep your body healthy. Dialysis replaces some of these functions when your kidneys no longer work. There are two different types of ... [... more]
Kidney Association |
Transplant Chronicles
Welcome to the transAction Council web site. The transAction Council was founded in 1996 to address the unique needs and concerns of all individuals who have received or await a transplant of any type. Membership is free. Welcome to the NKF's new ... [... more]
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Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis
Some children have always wet the bed at night while others start to wet after being dry for a variable period of time. Secondary nocturnal enuresis (SNE) is bedwetting that develops after at least six months of consistent dryness and accounts ... [... more]
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