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Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease is very common and most people with it have little or no symptoms. There are simple measures you can take to help keep your kidneys healthy. Click to view the 'Keeping Kidneys Healthy' leaflet.
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World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day 2011 was 10th March. The healthpoints have successfully supported the campaign throughout the month of March for the last two years. Reports of the campaigns are available:
Local Research
For more details of local kidney disease research click here
www.abdn.ac.uk/medicine-dentistry/health-sciences/population/clinical-research/research
Links for members of the public
Kidney Patients Guide
www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk
Links for professionals
The Chronic Kidney Disease Nurses in Grampian deliver study days for nurses and allied health professionals. More dates will be arranged soon.
External links
Edinburgh Renal Unit
www.edren.org/
The Renal Association
www.renal.org/home.aspx
The Scottish Renal Registry
www.srr.scot.nhs.uk/Index.htm
SIGN - Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/103/index.html
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
www.nice.org.uk/
East Midlands Renal Network
www.emrn.org.uk/