Kidney Disease and Heart Disease Spur Each Other
The work, from two studies involving over 50,000 patients, promises to boost efforts to diagnose simmering kidney disease earlier. All it takes are urine and blood tests that cost less than $ 25, something proponents want to become as routine as cholesterol checks. 2 The average patient knows their cholesterol,says Dr. Peter McCullough, preventive medicine chief at Michigans William Beaumont Hospital. The average patient has no idea of3 their kidney function.
And while CKD patients often are terrified of having to go on dialysis, the hard truth is that most will die of heart disease before their kidneys disintegrate to that point, something kidney specialists have recognized for several years but isnt widely known, s Indeed, the new research is highlighted in this months Archives of Internal Medicine with a call for doctors who care for heart patients to start rigorously checking out the kidneys, and for better care of early kidney disease. 7
The odds of having heart disease rose steadily as each of the kidney markers worsened. More striking was the death data. At this age, few deaths are expected, and indeed just 191 people died during the study period. But those who had both CKD and known heart disease had a threefold increased risk of death in a mere 2 1p
练习：
A By cholesterol checks.
C By keeping a close eye on ones kidneys.
2. How many Americans suffer chronic kidney disease according to an estimation?
B 400,000.
D 37,000.
A 400,000.
C 200,000.
4. What did the Archives of Internal Medicine call for doctors caring for heart patients to do?
B To have their patients chests X-ra Yed regularly.
D To start rigorously checking out their patients kidneys.
A Levels of the protein albumin in the urine.
C The rate at which kidneys filter blood.
答案与题解：
2.A 第三段第一句说。在估计患有慢性肾病的1，900万美国人呼叫很多人不知道自己患此病，可见A项是正确答案。
4.D 第四段最后一句说到，《内科档案》杂志号召为心脏病人治病的医生要开始严格地检查病人的肾脏，D项正是它要求做的事情。