Kidney Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Your Kidneys: Keys to Healthy Aging

Your kidneys do several crucial jobs: They maintain the balance of salt, minerals and fluid in your blood; cleanse your blood of toxic waste products; and release hormones that regulate blood pressure, control red blood production and keep bones strong. Kidney disease can put all this in jeopardy. Avoid health issues that can trigger kidney problems: diabetes, obesity, heart disease, smoking, COPD.

Warning Signs of Kidney Disease

Early symptoms are vague, so checkups are important.

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Detecting Kidney Diseases

Managing Kidney Disease

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Natural Ways to Manage Kidney Disease

Simple lifestyle changes can go a long way to manage kidney disease.

How Does Diabetes Cause
Kidney Disease?

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Nutrition Cure

How baking soda can slow kidney disease

1 in 10
Americans 20 and older living with chronic kidney disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Kidney Disease Q&As

National Kidney Foundation	Q	What drugs are harmful to your kidneys?
National Kidney Foundation	A	The National Kidney Foundation encourages you to learn more about the health of your kidneys in order to protect these vital organs when taking medications, including prescription medications and over-the-counter (OTC) medications . . . Read More