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• What is high blood pressure?
• How does high blood pressure hurt my kidneys?
• How will I know whether I have high blood pressure?
• How will I know whether I have kidney damage?
• How can I prevent high blood pressure from damaging my kidneys?
• Are there medicines that can help?
• What groups are at risk for kidney failure related to high blood pressure?
• Hope Through Research
• Kidney Disease (Hypertension-Related) Glossary
• Kidney Disease (Hypertension-Related) Index

Hope Through Research

In recent years, researchers have learned a great deal about kidney disease. NIDDK sponsors several programs aimed at understanding kidney failure and finding treatments to stop its progression.

NIDDK's Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases supports basic research into normal kidney function and the diseases that impair normal function at the cellular and molecular levels, including diabetes, high blood pressure, glomerulonephritis, and polycystic kidney disease .

SOURCE: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

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