Toss a coin in the air. Which would you rather have kidney disease or heart disease? Chances are if you have one, then you already have the other. Unfortunately, they go together like salt and pepper.New research shows kidney disease somehow speeds up heart disease. Doctors have proven that heart disease can trigger kidney destruction. This could all be circumvented with urine and blood tests that cost less than $25.
Chronic kidney disease or CKD is a quiet epidemic: Many of the 19 million Americans estimated to have it don't know they do. The kidneys lose their ability to filter waste out of the bloodstream so slowly that symptoms aren't obvious until the organs are totally damaged. End-stage kidney failure is rising fast, with 400,000 people requiring dialysis or a transplant to survive, a toll that has doubled in each of the last two decades.
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