Check-ups key to curbing kidney disease
A blood pressure check could catch the disease in its early stages and save lives, according to Kidney Research UK.
High blood pressure can damage kidneys and is the second most common cause of kidney disease after diabetes.
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Bolton Wanderers and Croatia striker Ivan Klasnic has had two kidney transplants that could possibly have been prevented.
He said: "Had my kidney disease been picked up early I feel that I could have avoided having not one, but two kidney transplants."
More than 3,000 people die every year while on dialysis.