慢性肾病认知的谜团

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Disease awareness has a major impact on personal health because it can motivate individuals to learn about the disease, its risk factors, treatment and consequences, to communicate with health providers, and to adhere to treatment plans. In an ideal world, these efforts would translate into a reduced mortality and morbidity rate. One recent success story related to improved health through patient awareness is the 50% reduction of US mortality due to heart attacks from 1980 to 2000. It is estimated that 44% of this reduction is attributed to decreasing risk factors including cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking, and physical inactiv