Possible effects of the diet include digestive problems, loss of fluids in the body, and development of kidney stones or gall stones.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

A youngster who develops diabetes in his teens may need a kidney transplant by the time he's thirty."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

"My sister has been in renal failure for months now." "You're supposed to give her a kidney?"

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Another critic is David McCarron, a nutrition and kidney disease expert at the University of California,Davis.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Over time,high blood sugar can lead to blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and nerve damage.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

He died June nineteenth from kidney failure and a rare and painful skin disorder.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

And between thirty and fifty percent of lupus patients will develop lupus-related kidney disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

People with malaria may suffer kidney failure or loss of red blood cells.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

He was not conscious. The bullet had damaged his stomach, pancreas,and one kidney.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

And,between thirty and fifty percent of lupus patients will develop lupus-related kidney disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

But his life was cut short by kidney problems.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

These include skin infections, kidney disorders and even death.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

While an estimated one million Kenyans suffer from kidney disease, dialysis and transplants to battle the condition are limited and expensive.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

We know Kenyatta Hospital has been und ertaking the kidney transplants over the years, for the last 25 years."

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

Dr.Patrick Mbugua says Kenyans no longer need to go to India or other places to get their kidney transplants.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

It's one of six kidney transplants done by the Spanish-Kenyan team in mid-March at Kenya's largest public health facility, Kenyatta National Hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

The Interlife partnership is now able to offer a kidney transplant and follow-up treatment for around $4,550 - about half of what it used to be.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

At the same time, skyrocketing rates of kidney failure, caused by diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, make it urgent to offer more - and more sophisticated - transplants.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30