Most People With Chronic Kidney Disease Remain Unaware Of Their Condition

A growing number of Americans have chronic kidney disease, but most remain unaware of it, hampering efforts to prevent irreversible kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.An estimated 26 million people — about 13 percent of the U.S. [click link for full article]

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