(BlackDoctor.org) -- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the permanent loss of kidney function. CKD may be the result of physical injury or a disease that damages the kidneys, such as diabetes or high blood pressure. When the kidneys are damaged, they do not remove wastes and extra water from the blood as well as they should.
CKD is a family affair because you may be at risk if you have a blood relative with kidney failure.
CKD is a silent condition. In the early stages, you will not notice any
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana. She was the first member of her family born free. As a child, Walker picked cotton on a plantation until she became an orphan at the age seven. At age 14, she married a man named Moses McWilliams, but was widowed at age 20. After the death of her husband she moved to join her four brothers in St. Louis. While in St. Louis, Walker worked as a laundress for as little as a dollar and a half a day.
More People Are At Risk Of Developing Kidney Disease
(BlackDoctor.org) -- 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 blood pressure haven't made "the kidney connection" and aren't aware of their risk.
Dr. Josephine P. Briggs, a kidney specialist with NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) says, "It's important for people at risk to get their kidneys tested and take steps to protect
Kidney Disease Worsens Despite Therapy For Hypertension
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The best available treatment for chronic kidney disease from high blood pressure did not keep the disease from substantially worsening in about a fourth of African-Americans studied, according to long-term results of a National Institutes of Health study published April 28, 2008, in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The largest and longest study of chronic kidney disease in African-Americans - the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) - found that the
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the permanent loss of kidney function. CKD may be the result of physical injury or a disease that damages the kidneys, such as diabetes or high blood pressure. When the kidneys are damaged, they do not remove wastes and extra water from the blood as well as they should.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana. She was the first member of her family born free. As a child, Walker picked cotton on a plantation until she became an orphan at the age seven. At age 14, she married a man named Moses McWilliams, but was widowed at age 20. After the death of her husband she moved to join her four brothers in St. Louis. While in St. Louis, Walker worked as a laundress for as little as a dollar and a half a day.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- 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 blood pressure haven't made "the kidney connection" and aren't aware of their risk. 
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The best available treatment for chronic kidney disease from high blood pressure did not keep the disease from substantially worsening in about a fourth of African-Americans studied, according to long-term results of a National Institutes of Health study published April 28, 2008, in the Archives of Internal Medicine.