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Title: Reuters: African Americans often unaware of kidney disease
Post by: NaDiNe on January 28, 2009, 06:59:33 PM
African Americans often unaware of kidney disease
      


NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One reason that African Americans have high rates of kidney failure is that earlier, treatable stages of kidney disease are not being recognized in this population, according to findings from the Jackson Heart Study reported in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases for February.<div class="feedflare">
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