U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Improving the understanding, detection, and management of kidney disease.
Learn about the two recommended tests for kidney disease.
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Learn about diet and lifestyle changes to help you live a healthier and longer life.
Learn MoreWhen you Make the Kidney Connection, you help your family members with diabetes, high blood pressure or cardiovascular (heart) disease understand that they are at risk for kidney disease and encourage them to have their kidneys tested. You connect your fellow faith organization members with kidney health education information. And you connect your community with resources and materials to help them learn how to keep their kidneys healthier longer.
Does diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease or kidney failure run in your family? Use your family gatherings to talk about kidney disease, the need to get tested, and the treatments that are available.
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Faith settings offer the perfect opportunity to share kidney health information. Educate your faith organization members and help them learn about kidney disease risk factors and keep the kidneys healthier longer.
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Page last updated: March 28, 2012
NKDEP is an initiative of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
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