100 Q&AS ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE & HYPERTENSION (100 Questions and Answers About...) - Softcover

Townsend, Raymond; Cohen, Debbie

 
9780763757762: 100 Q&AS ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE & HYPERTENSION (100 Questions and Answers About...)

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Every year, high blood pressure causes more than 25, new cases of kidney failure in the United States. Questions amp Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension offers authoritative, up-to-date, practical answers about kidney disease, end-stage kidney failure, transplants, and dialysis. The book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this condition.

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Raymond R. Townsend, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hypertension Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He does clinical care of hypertension patients and research into the mechanisms of how blood pressure contributes to the worsening of kidney disease in patients with already impaired kidney function. Dr. Townsend also studies the development and progression of heart disease and stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease, efforts funded through the National Institutes of Health. He has board certifi cations in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Clinical Pharmacology, is a certified Hypertension Specialist by the American Society of Hypertension, a Fellow in the American Heart Association and a Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research. Dr. Townsend publishes in internal medicine, kidney, hypertension, and heart journals. He has a wonderful wife and four kids, two currently in college and two that are beyond college. And he makes a really tasty lasagna.

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