World Kidney Day
The World Kidney Day for 2014 is to be March 13th and it is featuring chronic kidney disease and ageing. They make the point that although chronic kidney disease can occur at any age it becomes more common with increasing age, and indeed after the age of 40 kidney filtration begins to fall by approximately 1% per year. Any damage on top of the natural aging of kidneys due to diabetes, hypertension and so forth of course only hastens the decline in renal function. On World Kidney Day everybody is encouraged to have a glass of water on arising at the beginning of the day to remind them of the importance of water and kidneys. However it should be pointed out that although water may protect your kidneys, there is no scientific evidence behind this idea. But it will certainly help everyone to remember that you need to take care of your kidneys.
