Racing Against Time :more information
For information on transplants or transplant centers contact:
United Network for Organ System (UNOS) - www.unos.org
This website is includes many aspects of the organ transplant and donation process.
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is the private, non-profit organization that manages the nation's organ transplant system under contract with the federal government.
Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc. (TRIO) - www.trioweb.org
This website is filled with information for transplant candidates, recipients, their families, and the families of organ and tissue donors.
TRIO is an independent, not-for-profit, international organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates. Through the TRIO Headquarters and a network of chapters, TRIO serves its members in the areas of: Awareness, Support, Education, and Advocacy, with information about these areas and many programs, including local chapter contact information.
American Liver Foundation (ALF) - www.liverfoundation.org
This website provides information on liver disease or liver wellness.
ALF’s mission is to facilitate, advocate and promote education, support and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease.
Donate Life America - www.donatelife.net
This website shows the commitment of promoting organ donor awareness in the United States.
Donate Life America, comprised of national organizations and 50 state teams across the United States, assists in mobilizing the transplant community to educate the American public about organ, eye and tissue donation and motivate them to register as donors. It manages the Donate Life brand and develops brochures, programs, kits and promotional items. For nearly a decade, it has designed campaigns for departments of motor vehicles, the general public and multicultural audiences and leads the Donor Designation Collaborative.
Transplant Living - www.transplantliving.org
This website provides you with helpful tools and information to assist you and your loved ones before, during and after your transplant.
Transplant Living is committed to providing comprehensive resources and information transplant patients need. Join their community of organ transplant candidates, recipients, families and friends who are interested in learning more about the transplant experience.
Texas Liver Coalition at St. Luke's Center for Liver Disease - www.texasliver.org
This website offers updated information about hepatitis and liver disease, including answers to frequently asked questions.
You can find locations of our Texas support groups for patients and their families. The site includes other practical information about liver disease, especially hepatitis C.
Liver Transplantation, About - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_transplant
This website furnishes you the basics on liver transplantation and the liver
Med Help - www.medhelp.org
This website furnishes support from other follow patients, to help you research information on drugs and health topics, to document your medical history, and to share your knowledge with others in need.
Founded in 1994 out of a shared need for better medical information and support, MedHelp is the pioneer in online health communities. The MedHelp site connects people with the leading medical experts and others who have similar experiences. They are committed to providing comprehensive resources and information transplant patients need.
MedicineNet, Inc. - www.MedicineNet.com
This website has information on live transplant, the tests required, finding a match, complication, ant-rejection medications, and the follow-up necessary.
MedicineNet.com is an online, healthcare media publishing company. It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers via its robust, user-friendly, interactive website. MedicineNet, Inc. - Owned and Operated by WebMD and part of the WebMD Network
International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) - www.ilts.org
This website serves as a hub for international exchange and a platform for multidisciplinary collaboration to disseminate the best practices in clinical care and to promote educational and scientific networking.
ILTS is an international society serving all clinical and scientific disciplines related to liver transplantation.
eHow.com, Liver Transplant - www.ehow.com
This website furnishes information on Life Expectancy After Liver Transplant
eHow.com is an online community dedicated to providing visitors, like you, the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips.
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health - www.ustransplant.org
This website supports the transplant community the analyses to improve patient outcome.
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (Arbor Research) is committed to improving patient lives through research in end-stage organ failure and organ transplantation. Large-scale prospective studies, original data collection, and analysis of existing databases are among the approaches we employ. Our scientists form collaborations with top-rated biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and clinicians at academic institutions around the globe, performing rigorous research with major impact for patients.
The Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) - http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov
This website explains how transplantation network operates which was established by the U.S. Congress under the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984. The act called for the network to be operated by the private, non-profit organization under Federal contract.
The OPTN is a unique public-private partnership that links all the professionals involved in the donation and transplantation system.
General Store Publishing - www.gsph.com
Since 1981, has published more than 600 titles for the enjoyment of millions of readers around the world including Racing Against Time, Surviving an Organ Transplant and Living a Healthy Life
Miracles for Life - www.miraclesforlife.org
Miracles for Life® is a national 501c3 non-profit dedicated to inspiring teens and children recovering from life-saving tissue and organ transplants to be their greater selves by offering them an outdoor educational experience that revitalizes their heart, their minds and their spirit.
The Katie Ride for Life is a cycling event in which novices to advanced riders may participate to raise awareness of the need for all of us to make an organ donation commitment. Riders also raise funds for a unique organ donor education program at the high school level.
www.katierideforlife.org
