Women With Chronic Kidney Disease More Likely Than Men To Go Undiagnosed

Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

Woman are at particular risk of their primary care physicians delaying diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, according to a new article. The findings suggest that educating practitioners about CKD could increase the timely diagnosis of CKD, thereby leading to improvements in care to patients and savings in Medicare dollars.

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