Kidney Disease Research Updates
Winter 2008
Additional Resources
Awareness and Prevention Series
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has created a new health information series to raise awareness about kidney and urologic diseases, diabetes, and digestive diseases among people not yet diagnosed with these illnesses.
The Awareness and Prevention Series, which the NIDDK developed for health fairs and similar venues, features two-page fact sheets about a wide range of health topics. Each fact sheet gives readers a snapshot of an illness, highlighting risk factors, symptoms, prevention tips, and where to go for more information. The fact sheets are written in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Kidney and urologic diseases fact sheets address kidney stones, bladder control, and urinary tract infections.
“The series is designed to encourage readers to ask ‘Could this be me or someone I care for?’” said Kathy Kranzfelder, director of the NIDDK Information Clearinghouses. “Raising awareness of these illnesses will hopefully help people learn to prevent them or see a doctor if they have symptoms.”
Copyright-free full texts of the Awareness and Prevention Series publications can be downloaded or ordered on the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse website at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/ap.htm. The website also has fact sheets and booklets with more complete information about these topics and many others related to kidney and urologic diseases.
Updated Fact Sheets
The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse has updated the following fact sheets:
NIH Publication No. 08–4531
March 2008
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