AAKP is motoring up to Detroit to host a free, educational program, Kidney Beginnings: Live, on June 21, from
9 a.m. - 12 p.m., at the Marriott Detroit Metro Airport. The program educates individuals about the basics of  proper kidney care and kidney disease.
 
Kidney Beginnings: Live features topics including:

• What the kidney are, what they do and how to care for them;
• Managing conditions that may lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD);
• Side effects and challenges CKD patients face, such as anemia;
• Diet management.

To register for this program or other Kidney Beginnings: Live programs, please contact Jolene Bussiere, Special Projects Coordinator, at (800) 749-AAKP or jbussiere@aakp.org.

This article originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter.