In the past two decades, deaths from chronic kidney disease (CKD) have risen so rapidly that CKD now represents the third highest rate of increase among the top causes of death, after HIV/AIDS and diabetes. And according to an [s]Intercooler Online[/s] report, an emerging type of CKD of uncertain causes (CKDu), not attributable to risk factors such as diabetes and hypertension, has hit poor agricultural communities hard. It has particularly targeted younger male farm labourers in places as far apart as El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Egypt and India. The latest issue of [s]MEDICC Review[/s] is devoted to the epidemic.
[link url=http://www.intercooleronline.com/2014/05/02/medicc-review-journal-devotes-special-issue-to-chronic-kidney-disease]Full Intercooler Online report[/link]
[link url=http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview]MEDICC Review has full-text downloadable articles[/link]