Zip Code or Genetic Code: Predictor of Health Outcomes?

CKD/ESKD: Did you see it coming? Were there any noticeable signs or symptoms?  The critical question: If the biology of kidney disease is the same in every human body, why are people in some neighborhoods exponentially more likely to end up in that chair than people living just three miles away? Is the imbalance that communities may receive a dialysis facility after kidney failure becomes widespread, without receiving comparable investment years earlier in blood pressure control, diabetes prevention, affordable healthy food, early kidney screening, nephrology care, home dialysis, and transplantation? Come Explore. A four-part series.