Welcome back to PKD News Blog.  There is more news from the PKD community this week.  There is yet no cure for this chronic kidney disease.  Over 600,000 suffer from this genetic condition in the USA.  Please make a contribution to help ongoing research to find a cure.  You can make a contribution to the PKD Foundation at PKDcure.org  Read the news and Pass it on!

Families

From Irish Newspaper, The Leitrim Observer
Six Drumkeerin siblings survive due to kidney transplants

From Sussex, Wisconsin: go to www.JeffsKidney.com

Sussex Man Asks for a Donated Kidney on a 10-foot Billboard

Support Groups

From DailyStrength.org
PKD Support Group Forum

From DailyStrength.org
So This is the Disease I Have

From DailyStrength.org
General Discussions

From PKD Sacramento
Get Tweets Monday 8 PM PDT

From PKDWillNotBeatMe.com
"Wind Beneath My Wings"

From PKDCure.org
PKD Progress Donation, Please Make A Donation


Treatment

From Kidney-Cares.org

An Effective Treatment for People with PKD and Diabetes

From PKDClinic.org (question answered by Physician)

How to Prevent PKD with PKD gene

From Kidney-Support.org

What Is Polycystic Kidney Disease Diet

From LinkedIn: Kidney-Cares.org

What Fruits And Vegetables PKD Patients Can Not Eat

From Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: New insights into treatment

Medical Information

From Fu Neng Kidney Disease Hospital

Why Do Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Have Protein in Urine?

Research

From Nature.com

Defective glucose metabolism in polycystic kidney disease identifies a new therapeutic strategy

From nejm.org (New England Journal of Medicine)

Tolvaptan in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Welcome to PKD News Blog.  I am gathering news from the PKD community on a weekly basis.  There is yet no cure for this chronic kidney disease.  Over 600,000 suffer from this genetic condition in the USA.  Please make a contribution to help ongoing research to find a cure.  You can make a contribution to the PKD Foundation at PKDcure.org

Families

From Southern Daily echo (England)

Devastating kidney disease has struck three generations of the same family

Treatment

From Kidney-cares.org

Chinese Medicines Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease

From Kidney-support.org

Is PKD Life Threatening

From Womenspeak.com

Triumph Over The Affliction of PKD

From KidneyABC.com

How to Improve the Prognosis of PKD

From KidneyCaresCN.wordpress.com

Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD) and Pregnancy

From Fu Neng Kidney Disease Hospital (China)

Diet for PKD Patients on Dialysis

Events

From PKD Foundation

Events Near You

Welcome to PKD News Blog.

While I do not have PKD, members of my family do.  To help the PKD community I will be posting to this blog on a weekly basis. My intentions are to provide easy access to news relevant to the community.

Care

From Love-Kidney.blogspot.com

Care Your Kidney, Love Your Life

From Kidney-Support.org

How to Lower High Blood Pressure in Polycystic Kidney Disease

Find A Cure

From Queens Courier

Howard Beach mom on a mission to find a cure

Research Highlights

From Nature.com

Polycystic kidney disease: PKD1 mutation type affects outcome in ADPKD

From Future Medicine

Polycystic Kidney Disease: from Bench to Bedside

From BMC Nephrology

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in a family with mosaicism and hypomorphic allele

From KidneyABC.com

Natural Treatment for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease