With Sickle Cell, Do You Consider Yourself Disabled?by
Tosin Ola
about my take on disease disclosure. Because the reality is that sometimes even when you don’t deem yourself disabled... with all of you. The question was:
Disability takes on a different connotation for everyone. As a person with SCD...
Gunther von Hagens highlights amazing kidneysby
Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
and the amazing people and families who have adult polycystic kidneydisease. Families with polycystic kidney... with polycystic kidneydisease? Why aren’t the overwhelming majority of people with PKD listed pre-emptively...
Waiting for a Kidney — The Jay Robare Storyby
Bob Aronson
Jay Robare of Florida designed the Save the Arizona 98 poster. Jay, is waiting for a kidney transplant. I offer these stories in order to get people to join the Save the Arizona 98 movement. In case...
Health Headlines - March 2by
Meredy
Chronic KidneyDisease Increases 16% in U.S.
Data from 1999 to 2004 showed that nearly 17 percent of American adults had chronic kidneydisease, a 16 percent increase from 1988 to 1994, says...
Mitochondrial disease discussion in Indianapolisby
Kev Leitch
Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control... and cardiac muscle, and the liver and kidneys.
There are a number of possible flags for mitochondrial disease...
Ask The Kidney Donorby
Tom S.
-- and how I kept people from talking me out of it."
http://www.dynamist.com/articles-speeches/opeds/kidney... have a single super-kidney instead of two simply adequate kidneys.
When kidneydisease occurs...
Identifying Kidney Failureby
KidneyHealth ..
. An estimated 1 out of every 12 people in America suffers from kidney and urinary tract diseases. Kidneydisease... Radhakrishnan. Thank you as well.
First, the bad news. Kidneydisease is often very hard to diagnose. One...
Prevention
Regular immunization is recommended for people who:
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Treatment
... are prescribed a DMARD the better, as it will help to limit any permanent damage to your joints. The earlier you start taking a ... » Read on