March is National Kidney Month! To coincide with National Kidney
Month, NKDEP updated its website pages for patients and the
public. The expanded Patients & Public section helps visitors
learn about kidney disease, the two tests used to detect kidney
disease, and how to keep their kidneys healthy. The section also
discusses the importance of getting tested and of talking to
family members who may be at risk. View the new Patients &
Public section at www.nkdep.nih.gov/resources.shtml. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) March 6th issue of
MMWR highlighted both National Kidney Month and World Kidney Day
(March 12). To complement this special issue, CDC also released
a podcast entitled 'Preventing Kidney Disease'. Additionally,
CDC's website features data on chronic kidney disease (CKD)
awareness (www.cdc.gov/Features/dsChronicKidneyDisease/) from
its collaboration with partners in the CKD Surveillance project,
and CDC's diabetes homepage (www.cdc.gov/diabetes/index.htm)
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