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Medal of Excellence Tickets Now Available! |  |
Tickets for the 2011 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award Dinner are now available for purchase. During this event, AAKP will honor Raymond M. Hakim, PhD, MD, and Allen Nissenson, MD, FACP, for their extraordinary devotion and skills in the renal field.
The Medal of Excellence Award Dinner takes place March 18, 2011, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The Dinner is being held in conjunction with the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting.
To purchase tickets for the Medal of Excellence, please contact AAKP at (800) 749-2257 or click here to purchase tickets online. |
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| Few Diabetics Are Aware of the Potential for Kidney Complications | |
Despite the fact that type 2 diabetes significantly increases the risk of developing kidney problems, a low percentage of patients are aware of the connection and even fewer know how to avoid kidney problems, according to a new study. Research in the Journal of Renal Care shows that the first time most diabetic patients become aware that their condition can cause kidney problems is when their doctor tells them they have kidney disease.
Across the board, few participants in the study said that they were aware of the connection. In fact, the majority said that it was never mentioned by their doctor that kidney damage could be a possible consequences of diabetes. The results show a need to raise awareness of the connection between kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. |
| Attend a Kidney Beginnings: Live Program Near You! |  Kidney Beginnings: Live is heading to Little Rock, AR; Boise, ID; Nampa, ID; Chicago, IL; and Dallas/Fort Worth, TX. Kidney Beginnings: Live is a FREE educational program designed to educate individuals about the basics of kidney disease and proper kidney care. Attendees receive complimentary educational materials, learn about kidney disease in a welcoming atmosphere and have the opportunity to have questions answered by local health care professionals.
Please visit the AAKP website to register for a program and for more upcoming locations and dates. |
| Sex, Race, Place of Residence Influence High Blood Pressure Incidence |  High blood pressure may help to explain why deaths from heart disease and stroke vary according to geography, race and sex, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. Between 1968 and 2006, deaths from heart disease and stroke fell an impressive 65 percent, but everyone didn't share equally in the positive trend. Cardiovascular deaths are still higher in the southeastern United States, in blacks compared with whites, and in men compared with women.
The researchers examined data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study that followed young people from Birmingham, Ala., Chicago, Ill., Minneapolis, Minn. and Oakland, Calif. After adjusting for multiple risk factors, living in Birmingham significantly increased the chance that a person would develop high blood pressure. In addition, independently of where they live, blacks - especially black women - are at markedly higher risk of hypertension even after researchers took into account factors that are known to affect blood pressure, such as physical activity and obesity. |
| Update on the AAKP Annual Convention! |  AAKP is planning a combined public policy event and enhanced Annual Convention for August 25-28, 2011. AAKP has planned its initial public policy forum to be held at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. We will invite national policy, medical and academic experts to discuss and debate preventive medicine and health considerations among minority communities who are disproportionately impacted by chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Immediately following the public policy forum at the Clinton Presidential Center, we will begin the 2011 AAKP Annual Convention. Building on the successes of the 2010 Convention, we will involve specific tracks/sessions to meet the needs of a wide range of current and future patients, their families and caregivers and various professional groups. The Convention host hotel is the Peabody Little Rock. The room rate is $114 per night. Call 1-800-PEABODY to make your reservations today! Don't forget to mention you are with the American Association of Kidney Patients' National Convention.
We hope you plan on joining us at the 2011 Annual Convention and helping AAKP move forward in its patient education and public policy efforts. |
| Anti-Aging Hormone Prevents Complications in CKD | |
Low levels of the anti-aging hormone Klotho may serve as an early warning sign of the presence of kidney disease and its deadly cardiovascular complications, according to new findings. Using mice, researchers found that soft-tissue calcification, a common and serious side effect of chronic kidney disease (CKD), improves when Klotho hormone levels are restored. The essential Klotho protein, which is produced by the kidneys, often plummets in CKD. This may explain why supplementing Klotho levels helps counteract a major side-effect associated with the disease. In the study, researchers also tested urine from 53 human participants, including 40 CKD patients, and found that they also had low levels of the essential protein. The study's findings also suggest that Klotho replacement therapy may eventually prove to be effective in battling CKD as well as in preventing and reversing its complications. The study appears in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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