Kidney Disease and African Americans

Kidney Disease is the #8 cause of death in the U.S. More than 1 in 3 kidney failure patients living in the United States are African American. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure. It causes nearly half of all cases of kidney failure in the United States. African Americans get diabetes more often than whites. Today I talk with Arlene Herring, Executive Director for the Kidney Alliance Health of Kentucky about how kidney disease is affecting our community, the signs and symptoms and prevention.