TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A with NIDDK’s Griffin Rodgers: Testing, education critical to preventing kidney disease: US kidney disease rates rising as diabetes, obesity increase JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 5 LP - 5 VL - 47 IS - 1 AU - Michele Late Y1 - 2017/02/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/47/1/5.abstract N2 - More than 20 million Americans may have lab tests showing kidney disease, and rates are growing among adults. Kidney damage can cause waste to build up in the body, and is linked to heart disease and other health problems. In advance of March’s observance of National Kidney Month, The Nation’s Health spoke with Griffin Rodgers, MD, MACP, director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, about kidney disease risks and steps for prevention. ER -