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• Patient Story: Scott: Cowboy’s Daring Recovery

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  For more information about Kindred Healthcare Click Here Scott is his given name, but family and friends call him "Cowboy". Scott,

  By Kindred on November 1, 2011 - 1:21pm
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  Type 2 diabetes casts a long shadow for African-American women.

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  Type 2 Diabetes and the African-American Woman

  Impacted 1 Lives By Jody Smith HERWriter on October 2, 2011 - 5:45pm
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  You have heard the stories: the Starbucks barista who donates one of her two healthy kidneys to a customer who might die without a kidney transplant.

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  How One of Your Kidneys Could Change Two Lives

  By Andrew Schorr HERWriter on June 12, 2011 - 5:24pm
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  According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 26 million or one in nine Americans are at risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

  Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

  By MC Kelby HERWriter on March 22, 2011 - 7:06pm
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  Kidney Facts Most people are born with two kidneys which are bean shaped organs that are about the size of your fist.

  Donated Kidneys Keep the Blood Clean

  By Denise DeWitt HERWriter on December 1, 2010 - 11:52pm
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  Recent research has given people a lot to think about when it comes to the added sugar in their diet.

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  How Sweet Is Your Sweetener?

  By Lynette Summerill HERWriter on November 23, 2010 - 8:40am
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  More than 400,000 people in the United States are on dialysis at a cost of about $77,000 per patient and taxpayer cost of more than $20 billion a year.

  Report: U.S. Kidney Dialysis System Deadly for Patients, Costly for Taxpayers

  Impacted 1 Lives By Pat Elliott on November 9, 2010 - 8:59pm
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  Nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys, is one of the most common and most serious issues for patients with systematic lupus erythematosus.

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  Lupus Nephritis: News from the Medical Literature

  By Linda Fugate PhD HERWriter on September 14, 2010 - 5:37am
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  You don’t have to go very far to hear someone’s pain about a serious health condition.

  Diabetes at the Dog Park

  By Andrew Schorr HERWriter on August 13, 2010 - 10:09am
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  Infants who have chronic renal (kidney) failure (CRF) often grow slowly and may never grow to a normal height.

  Growth Hormone May Be Safe for Babies with Chronic Kidney Failure

  By Denise DeWitt HERWriter on June 17, 2010 - 9:12pm