U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Improving the understanding, detection, and management of kidney disease.
Learn about the two recommended tests for kidney disease.
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Learn about diet and lifestyle changes to help you live a healthier and longer life.
Learn MoreNKDEP Encourages Faith-based Communities to Make the Kidney Connection. NKDEP's African American outreach now includes Kidney Sundays, a faith-based initiative designed to increase awareness about chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the African American community and encourage those at risk to get tested...
NKDEP Encourages Families to Make the Kidney Connection. Through partnerships and other outreach efforts, NKDEP has been encouraging African Americans with diabetes and high blood pressure to "make the kidney connection" and get tested for CKD...
New Web Content for Patients and Public. To coincide with National Kidney Month, NKDEP updated its website pages for patients and the public. The expanded Patients & Public section helps visitors learn about kidney disease, the two tests used to detect kidney disease, and how to keep their kidneys healthy...
Upcoming Projects for 2009. Here is some of what's in store from NKDEP in 2009: Dietitian Outreach: NKDEP is developing materials to help dietitians and other health care professionals assess and educate patients about diet and CKD...
Page last updated: March 1, 2012
NKDEP is an initiative of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
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