Kidney Disease Research Updates
Spring/Summer 2008

Resources

Additional Resources

Updated Publications

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse has updated the following publications:

• Home Hemodialysis
• Insuficiencia renal: Comó escoger el tratamiento que más le conviene (Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for You)
• Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States
• Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for You
• Prevent diabetes problems: Keep your kidneys healthy

These publications are available at www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/a-z.asp.

New Interactive Tools

New to the Interactive Health Education Tools section of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website are

Podcasts

• Chronic Kidney Disease-Cardiovascular Disease Link
• Many People Are Unaware They Have Chronic Kidney Disease

Vodcasts

• Exploring the Link between Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease

The website’s interactive tools section consolidates all the tools and resources about kidney disease from the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. To access these resources, visit www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/resources/HealthTools.

Chronic Kidney Disease

The National Kidney Disease Education Program, along with the American Society of Nephrology, has developed a slide presentation about improving patient outcomes for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the primary care setting. The slides feature the latest data from the U.S. Renal Data System Annual Data Report and outline the role primary care professionals can play in detecting and treating CKD. For a copy of the slides, go to www.nkdep.nih.gov.

NIH Publication No. 08–4531
July 2008

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