Kidney Diseases

Help teens remember meds: Nag via text message (Alaska Journal of Commerce)

17 May 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away. Cincinnati doctors are experimenting with texting to tackle a big problem: Tweens and teens too often do a lousy job of controlling chronic illnesses like asthma, diabetes or kidney disease.

Disaster aftermath: The risk of epidemic diseases (CBC)

16 May 2008

Natural disaster can kill hundreds of thousands of people a year. But the aftermath can keep on claiming lives. Outbreaks of infectious diseases following hurricanes, cyclones, tsunamis and earthquakes are not uncommon in the developing world. They are rare in developed countries. Most post-disaster disease is spawned by poor sanitation, a lack of safe drinking water and contaminated food.

‘Hypertension a modifiable risk factor’ (Daily News)

16 May 2008

High blood pressure is the commonest risk factor for the commonest cause of deaths in adults. It is considered to be the most important modifiable risk factor for the cause of heart attacks, stroke and kidney failure.