It’s National Kidney Month – here’s what you should know about how to keep your kidneys healthy. WHAT ARE THE MAIN CAUSES OF KIDNEY DISEASE, AND WHY SHOULD AFRICAN AMERICANS BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT? Diabetes and high blood pressure are the main causes of kidney disease, and your chances of having diabetes and high blood […]
Doctor Griffin Rodgers is the director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. March is recognized as national kidney month. Below Dr. Rodgers provides more information about chronic kidney disease and its main causes, diabetes and high blood pressure. WHAT IS KIDNEY DISEASE? Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that filter extra […]
Dr. Jerry McCauley obtained his undergraduate and medical degree at Dartmouth and completed his MPH at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a faculty member at Tufts University and the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. McCauley rose through the ranks at the University of Pittsburgh where he became Director of Transplantation Nephrology, Medical Director of […]
Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers was named Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)–one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)–on April 1, 2007. He had served as NIDDKâs Acting Director since March 2006 and had been the Instituteâs Deputy Director since January 2001. As the Director of NIDDK, Dr. Rodgers […]
Meet James & Tracy Spraggins.  James, or PJ,  is a professional musician and Tracy is a special education teacher.  They’ve been married for 10 years.  Tracy…
Dr. Griffin Rodgers is a familiar, comforting voice to radio listeners. His âHealthy Momentsâ commentaries are broadcast to audiences across the country and it is his mission to help black Americans understand what stands between them and good health and how to address it. Rodgers is director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive […]
Jonathan Woodlief needed a kidney. Finding a match was proving to be quite dismal, until he met his wife, Caitlyn at seminary school in Dallas. He was suffering from lupus and received his first kidney transplant from his mother at the age of 18. In a rare occurrence, the disease returned in the donated kidney […]
