Additional Resources

Doctor Referrals and Drug Information

• MEDLINEplus
  Consumer-friendly information on specific disease topics and conditions, as well as links to medical encyclopedias and dictionaries, drug information, and other resources.

Articles and Journals

• MEDLINE
  A service of the National Library of Medicine that provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations since the mid-1960s and additional life science journals.
  
  
• Bibliographic Searches of the Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
  Titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources for specific kidney and urologic diseases.
  
  
• Full-text Medical Journals
  A selected list of free full-text online medical journals, especially current issues of journals in PubMed's MEDLINE.
  
  

Other Organizations

• Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organizations
  Lists organizations that represent health professionals involved in the study and treatment of kidney and urologic diseases.
  
  
• Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure
  
  
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  Federal agency responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), as well as several other health-related programs.
  
  
• More U.S. Government Resources
  Links to the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, and more.
  
  
• National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
  A program to reduce the death and disabilities from kidney disease and its complications.