For diabetics, preventing renal failure is hard work but essential

November 25th, 2008 By Josh Goldstein

Diabetes has cost Robert Heard dearly. His left leg was amputated below the knee two years ago. Kidney failure - with its special diets, thrice-weekly dialysis, and ever-present threats of infection - is worse.

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