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Kidney Disease

What is Kidney Disease?

Kidney disease -- also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD) -- occurs when kidneys can no longer remove wastes and extra water from the blood as they should. Kidney disease is most often caused by diabetes or high blood pressure. Millions of Americans have kidney disease. Many more are at risk.

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