| ||||||
Health Screening for California Legislators, Staff Finds Kidney Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure |
||||||||||
|
From Ascribe Newsfeed: To celebrate World Kidney Day and to promote early kidney health screening, The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) held a free health screening on March 11 and 12 for legislators and their staff, as well as state and governmental relations employees. The most startling result was a sharp increase in previously undiagnosed kidney disease compared to NKF's screening results in 2007. The results show the need for early screening and reflect serious health trends facing Californians: the sharp rise in conditions that are known to cause kidney failure and heart disease. This is significant when considering the long term effects of uncontrolled high blood pressure, high cholesterol and elevated blood sugar, both for the individual's quality of life and the burden of increasing health care costs on all Californians. The need for increased health screenings for at-risk Californians and for greater awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) was also recognized by the state Assembly via HR 26, a resolution introduced by Assemblyman Mark Leno and passed unanimously. The resolution officially recognizes World Kidney Day in California and encourages those at-risk to be screened. The two leading causes of CKD are diabetes and high blood pressure. It is estimated that the cost of medical care per CKD patient is over $40,000 per year, more than twice that of patients of similar age/gender without CKD. We provide direct, immediate access to mainstream national media for 600 colleges, universities, medical centers, public-policy groups and other leading nonprofit organizations. AScribe transmits news releases directly to newsroom computer systems and desktops of major media organizations via a supremely trusted channel - The Associated Press. |
|
|||||||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
| |||||
