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Kidney failure is sometimes called a silent killer, since symptoms aren’t noticeable until they’re life threatening. About one in seven people have chronic kidney disease, or about 15 percent of Americans, and many of them don’t know it.

Treatments for kidney failure have improved — drugs, dialysis and kidney transplants are more successful than they used to be. But more than half of people who start dialysis still die within five years.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor about the need for prevention and early treatment, and a Minnesotan who lived through four kidney transplants.

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Kidney disease is often called a silent killer because there are no symptoms until it’s life threatening. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor about prevention and treatment, and a Minnesotan who lived through four kidney transplants.

Kidney disease is often called a silent killer because there are no symptoms until it's life threatening. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor about prevention and treatment, and a Minnesotan who lived through four kidney transplants. 

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