AMERICA’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WANTS US DUMB AND UNINFORMED

The prolific freedo“No one is coming to save us, young man! They want us dumb and uninformed. If our people are in that state, we will continue to make bad decisions about our health. These people only show up to study us like animals and give the good medicine to the white people. They make too much money off us being sick and hooked up to there machines. They ain’t tryin’ to make us better, there ain’t no money in it.”m fighter, Ida B. Wells said, “Lynching is the last relic of barbarism and slavery.” Wells went on to state “The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.”

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WHO IS COMING TO SAVE YOU? …. NOBODY IS TAKE CONTROL NOW

Who is coming to save you? Nobody. Though we are all told repeatedly “We are all in this together,” are we? Average doctors’ visits range from 3 to 7 minutes. With such hurried care it is no wonder that many patients feel they are alone twisting in the wind when it comes to healthcare.

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BEXAR COUNTY KIDNEY DISEASE IS HIGHER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE

Testing for kidney disease seems like a no brainer. So why are people crashing into kidney disease everyday throughout Texas and the nation? In Bexar county the rate for kidney disease is 3.8 times higher than the national average. For this reason, the State of Texas Kidney Foundation (STKF) provides a comprehensive early detection testing program under the umbrella of the Silent but Deadly (SBD) movement.

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Fighting Kidney Disease: Podcast with Dr. Josef Coresh (Johns Hopkins University) and Tiffany Jones-Smith (Texas Kidney Foundation)

In our latest episode of Clinical Grade, you’ll meet two remarkable individuals playing important roles in the fight against chronic kidney disease (CKD). First, we speak with Dr. Josef Coresh,…

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