Healthy New Year!

This information from the local members of the National Kidney Foundation about a free health screen:

Hopefully your New Year’s resolutions include taking care of your health? You may be aware that diabetes and high blood pressure are on the rise, but did you know that these two conditions are the leading causes of kidney failure? Because of this, the National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho ( NKFU&I) will conduct their Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) a free, early detection health screening for people at increased risk for kidney failure on Friday, January 27, 2012 at the Adventist Community Center, 255 South 700 East, Provo from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. KEEP is designed to identify and educate those at risk -- those with a family history of diabetes, high blood pressure or kidney disease.
“We know that if we start early with education, detection and if necessary, medical intervention, kidney disease or kidney failure can often be postponed or even prevented,” says Sharon Miller, KEEP Director.
KEEP screening participants will have their weight and blood pressure checked. Medical professionals will collect blood and urine samples – testing worth about $200 to each participant. A physician will be on-site to review results with participants.
To make an appointment for the free screening or to learn more, call NKFU&I at 801-226-5111.
More than 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease and most don’t even know it. Because of the epidemic of diabetes and high blood pressure, millions more are at risk.
So, if you, your parents or siblings have diabetes, high blood pressure or
kidney disease, you should be screened.