Singling this group of patients out for intensive treatment, or working harder to prevent kidney disease from taking hold, could be a powerful way of reducing deaths among people with diabetes, she added.

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Since then I haven't been given any information on what I should do to prevent something happening to my left kidney.

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But doctors often give hospitalized elderly patients intravenous fluids to prevent dehydration, which can lead to kidney problems, Siegel said.

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Health services must take the long term view and prevent the heart attacks, strokes, blindness and kidney damage that diabetes can cause.

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