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New kidney disease study findings recently were reported by researchers at Children's Hospital

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 8th, 2008

"News media raise public awareness about health and can influence public policy agenda. Recently, nephrologists have sought to make prevention and early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) a health care priority," researchers in Westmead, Australia report.

"We assessed the extent and manner in which Australian television news and newspapers cover CKD prevention or early detection. Electronic news databases for print media and television programs were searched (May 2005 to March 2007) for items referring to CKD prevention or early detection. We analyzed all relevant items for spokes people, main news frame, focus of responsibility, proposed solutions, and...

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