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National Diabetes Month–time for a refresher on managing your type 1 or type Diabetes.

You may have a strong stomach and your heart may be in the right place, but how well are your kidneys working? If you have risk factors for kidney disease, ask your doctor about getting tested to find out your kidney health.

Kidney Disease - Gateway to Health Communication - CDC

Encouraging news: People with diabetes are living longer, healthier lives with fewer complications. What’s the driving force? Greater awareness and better control of risk factors are moving the needle.

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Overview of hematuria—a common condition in which there is blood in the urine—including risk factors, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.

Simple kidney cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can form in one or both of your kidneys. Simple kidney cysts are usually harmless and don’t cause symptoms.

Describes how the urinary tract works, why it’s important, what affects the amount of urine produced, and how to keep the urinary tract healthy.

Urologists use cystoscopy and ureteroscopy to look inside the urinary tract, find the cause of problems, and sometimes treat them.

Learn about imaging techniques used to diagnose and treat urinary tract diseases and conditions. Find out what happens before, during, and after the tests.

Explains the causes of acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD), a common condition in people with kidney failure who are treated with dialysis.

Overview of amyloidosis, a condition where abnormal proteins called amyloid build up in organs and tissues, and how the condition affects the kidneys.

Learn about the different types of diabetes insipidus, their causes, and how they are diagnosed and treated.

Symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of growth failure, a common complication in children with CKD, in which they do not grow as expected.