Could you or someone you care about have chronic kidney disease (CKD)? More than 20 million people over the age of 20 in the United States have kidney disease. If you may be at risk for kidney disease, consider scheduling a kidney screening with your primary care physician (PCP) for your next checkup. No cost screenings are offered in some areas as well.
The Paralympics and Olympic Games could merge, says the president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Sir Philip Craven said things are developing all the time and nothing is set in stone.
The 2012 Olympics marked the first time the games had seen every country in the competition send female athletes in addition to men, as the Arab states of Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Sultanate of Brunei allowed women to compete for their countries for the first time.