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Urology Disorders - Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) - Methodist Health Care Syst
Looks at polysystic kidney disease and tells what it is and the different types, inherited and noninherited.
http://www.methodisthealth.com/urogen/polycyst.htm

Extractions: Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts filled with fluid in the kidneys. PKD cysts can slowly replace much of the mass of the kidneys, reducing kidney function and leading to kidney failure. PKD can also cause cysts in the liver and problems in other organs, such as the heart and blood vessels in the brain. PKD is the fourth leading cause of kidney failure. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), about one-half of people with autosomal dominant PKD progress to kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). What are some of the types of PKD?
Www.kidneyetn.org
Information about services, fundraising activities, kidney disease, organ donation and other topics.
http://www.kidneyetn.org
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycystic kidney disease, what it is, they types , symptoms and statistics.
http://www.mamashealth.com/poly.asp

Extractions: What is Polycystic Kidney Disease? Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disease characterized by the growth of numerous cysts filled with fluid in the kidneys. PKD cysts can slowly replace much of the mass of the kidneys, reducing kidney function and leading to kidney failure. PKD can also cause cysts in the liver and problems in other organs, such as the heart and blood vessels in the brain. The cysts may also cause pain or may get infected. There are two types of PKD ( autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive Types? Autosomal dominant PKD is inherited. This kind of PKD accounts for about 90 percent of all PKD cases. The term "Autosomal dominant" means that if one parent has the disease, there is a 50 percent chance that the disease will pass to a child. Autosomal recessive PKD is also inherited. This type of PKD is rare. Parents that do not have the disease can have a child with the disease. How can this happen? Ib both parents carry the recessive gene and pass the recessive gene to their child, the child will have two recessive genes and develop the disease.(inherited).
Mission Pharmacal | Home
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/
The NCI Kidney Cancer Web Page
A rich resource from the 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?
National Kidney Federation - Run By Kidney Patients For Kidney Patients. Kidney
A UK charity run by kidney patients providing information on kidney/renal disease and its treatment.
http://www.kidney.org.uk/

Extractions: NKF AGM is coming soon... The NKF is the only UK charity run BY Kidney patients FOR kidney patients. Its aim is to promote, throughout the United Kingdom, the welfare of persons suffering from Kidney Disease or Renal failure and those relatives and friends who care for them. Search the NKF Web site:- To view the many different areas of this website:-
The Australian Kidney Foundation
National Renal Resource Centre with brochures covering all aspacts of renal and urological disease.
http://www.kidney.org.au/
Virtual Hospital: Pathology Of The Kidney: Glomerulonephritis
A multimedia textbook on the causes and diagnosis of glomerulonephritis. It includes pathology slides and photomicrographs illustrating the disease.
http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/GN/GNHP.html

Extractions: Antibody Mediated Injury ... This Site's Awards, Reviews and Comments See related Provider Textbooks about Internal Medicine or Pathology See related Provider Topics Internal Medicine Kidney DiseasesGeneral Kidneys and Urinary System Laboratory Tests ... Pathology or Procedures and Therapies See related Patient Textbooks about Internal Medicine or Pathology See related Patient Topics Internal Medicine Kidney DiseasesGeneral Kidneys and Urinary System Laboratory Tests ... Pathology or Procedures and Therapies Virtual Hospital Home Virtual Children's Hospital Home Site Map ... UI Health Care Home http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/pathology/GN/GNHP.html
Erectile Dysfunction
Fact sheet including illustrated information on the physiology of erection, causes of impotence, diagnosis, treatment and anticipated future treatment developments.
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/urolog/pubs/impotnce/impotnce.htm

Extractions: Erectile dysfunction, sometimes called "impotence," is the repeated inability to get or keep an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse. The word "impotence" may also be used to describe other problems that interfere with sexual intercourse and reproduction, such as lack of sexual desire and problems with ejaculation or orgasm. Using the term erectile dysfunction makes it clear that those other problems are not involved. In older men, ED usually has a physical cause, such as disease, injury, or side effects of drugs. Any disorder that causes injury to the nerves or impairs blood flow in the penis has the potential to cause ED. Incidence increases with age: About 5 percent of 40-year-old men and between 15 and 25 percent of 65-year-old men experience ED. But it is not an inevitable part of aging. ED is treatable at any age, and awareness of this fact has been growing. More men have been seeking help and returning to normal sexual activity because of improved, successful treatments for ED. Urologists, who specialize in problems of the urinary tract, have traditionally treated ED; however, urologists accounted for only 25 percent of Viagra mentions in 1999. How does an erection occur?
Celiac Disease
Facts, provided by the NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and kidney Disorders).
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/celiac/index.htm

Extractions: 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, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats. When people with celiac disease eat foods containing gluten, their immune system responds by damaging the small intestine. Specifically, tiny fingerlike protrusions, called villi, on the lining of the small intestine are lost. Nutrients from food are absorbed into the bloodstream through these villi. Without villi, a person becomes malnourishedregardless 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. Celiac disease is a genetic disease, meaning that it runs in families. Sometimes the disease is triggeredor becomes active for the first timeafter surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, viral infection, or severe emotional stress.
Center For Dialysis Care. Dialysis Travel And Vacation In Cyprus In The Mediterr
kidney failure disease patients can now travel to Paphos Cyprus and enjoy their vacations by the sea, while receiving their dialysis treatment in our kidney dialysis centers.
http://www.hemodialysiscenter.com
E-Kidneys.net: Anatomy, Formation Of Urine, Urination, Diseases, Diuretics, Acid
Information about the human kidney, anatomy, physiology, disease, acidbase balance, and thirst mechanisms.
http://www.e-kidneys.net

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
Kidney Directions: About End Stage Renal Disease
Site sponsored by Baxter Healthcare discusses end stage renal disease, acute kidney failure, and chronic kidney failure.
http://www.kidneydirections.com/us/patients/basics/kidneys/ext-end-stage-renal-d

Extractions: The kidneys no longer work well enough to remove wastes and excess fluids from the body. Complete kidney failure occurs when less than 10% of your kidneys are working. Toxins , waste products from foods and body cells, plus extra fluids build up in the blood. If the excess wastes and fluids are not removed, the whole body is affected. You will become ill from the build up of waste products and fluid. When the kidneys cannot work normally any longer, this is called kidney failure. When kidney failure progresses to the point where the kidneys do not function well enough to keep a person healthy, he or she will need treatment. A process called "dialysis" is used to replace some of the functions (waste and fluid removal) of the kidneys. Or, a patient may be a candidate for a kidney transplant, which is when a new kidney from a living or deceased donor replaces the patient's nonfunctioning kidney (patients usually receive dialysis while they are waiting for a donor kidney). Not all people with kidney failure are candidates for a transplant. Kidney failure can happen suddenly or slowly.
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/
The Cancer Infomation Network: Treatment Of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Discuss the diagnosis and treatment for renal cell carcinoma. Provides information on treatment of the disease by each stage.
http://www.thecancer.info/kidney/treatment_facts/index.asp

Extractions: First Steps After Diagnosis of Cancer Top 10 Cancer Sites, Treatment Centers, and Cancer Books for Newly Diagnosed Patients. Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics - answers the most important question, "What is my prognosis?" Support Groups for Cancer Patients Find a Cancer Treatment Center ... Pediatric Cancers Welcome to The Cancer Information Network Introduction
ESRD Treatment Choices
A discussion about hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation in the treatment of endstage renal disease.
http://cnpd.com/choices.htm

Extractions: Today, there are new and better treatments for ESRD that replace the work of healthy kidneys. By learning about your treatment choices, you can work with your doctor to pick the one that's best for you and with the help of your health care team, family, and friends, you may be able to lead a full, active life. The following describes the choices for treatment: Dialysis Hemodialysis uses a dialyzer, or special filter, to clean your blood. The dialyzer connects to a machine. During treatment, your blood travels through tubes into the dialyzer. The dialyzer filters out wastes and extra fluids. Then the newly cleaned blood flows through another set of tubes and back into your body.
Kidney Disease On Medbroadcast.com
General kidney information, disease treatment and prevention. Covers related topics of diabetes, hypertension and nutrition.
http://www.medbroadcast.com/health_topics/health_conditions/kidney/index.shtml

Extractions: Diet, renal transplants, dialysis, and steroids can all be used to treat kidney disease. But how do you know if you have a kidney infection or kidney disease - what are the signs and symptoms? And why is kidney disease potentially life threatening? Find out right here on the Kidney Channel, with illustrations and information on causes, diagnoses and treatments.
St. John Health System Home Page
Provides surgery residency, laparoscopic nephrectomy, kidney and pancreas transplant, cardiac disease, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and childbirth health care. Located in Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.stjohn.org

Extractions: Note : The St. John site features a Javascript-based text preferences utility to allow our visitors to customize the appereance of the text of the site. This feature is available to users visiting the site with visual browsers with Javascript-enabled. You can learn about enabling Javascript in your browser here.
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 51 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.
Cancer Genetics Laboratory Home Page
Focuses on understanding genetic alterations which lead to the onset of cancer. Projects include investigating genes involved in kidney development and kidney cancer, determining the genetic changes to assist in disease stratification and treatment of childhood leukemia and tracing genes that predispose families to developing cancer.
http://www.otago.ac.NZ/cancer

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