Diabetic Nephropathy -- familydoctor.org
Information on diabetic nephropathy from the American Academy of Family Physicians. What is diabetic nephropathy? How do I know if diabetes has hurt my kidneys? What can I do to slow down the damage? What happens if my kidneys stop ... [... more]
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Diabetes Dictionary
Defines more than 300 diabetes-related terms. Includes illustrations. Home : Diabetes A-Z List of Topics and Titles : Diabetes Dictionary This dictionary defines words that are often used when people talk or write about diabetes. It is designed ... [... more]
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Ten Facts About Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in the United States. Because a cure for diabetic kidney disease has not yet been found, treatment involves controlling the disorder and slowing its progression to kidney failure. Current research ... [... more]
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La enfermedad renal en personas con diabetes
Cómo prevenir los problemas de la diabetes: Mantenga sanos los riñones Cada año en los Estados Unidos, a más de 100,000 personas se les diagnostica insuficiencia renal (falla renal), una afección grave en la cual los ri& [... more]
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Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the most common cause of kidney failure in adults.1 Hispanic Americans have a high rate of diabetes. This increases their chance of developing serious complications such as chronic ... [... more]
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Protect Your Kidneys
Do you know the main causes of kidney disease? If not, you're not alone. Diabetes and high blood pressure are the leading risk factors for chronic kidney disease, which affects nearly 20 million Americans. Yet many people with diabetes and high ... [... more]
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Diabetes lab tests: What's normal?
Learn about blood and urine tests that help your doctor monitor your diabetes. Blood and urine tests help show if your diabetes treatment is working and can alert your doctor to early signs of diabetes complications, such as kidney disease. A ... [... more]
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MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine Start here with 750 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness About your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements A service for finding local ... [... more]
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Diabetes and Kidney Disease: A Balancing Act (Renalife)
Whenever something bad happens to us, we immediately wonder what, if anything, we did to deserve such a fate. Learning that you have diabetes, and that it will not go away, can be stunning, terrible news. Where can you hide? What can you do? Will ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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