If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or a family history of kidney problems, you are at risk for kidney disease. Kidney disease is serious, but if you catch it early, you can slow it down or stop it. Ask your doctor to check your kidneys.
South Asia basically refers to India and the few countries around it. It is known as a subcontinent as it was not originally part of the landmass known as the Asian continent. This can be seen from the presence of the Himalayas.
It is a land of fabulous wealth and of extreme poverty. The subcontinent has a small elite of very wealthy people and a large and growing middle class. South Asia has almost one half of the worlds poor even though it has only 20% of the worlds population. In 1997 the Pakistan-based Human Development Center called the subcontinent the poorest, the most illiterate, the most malnourished, and the least gender-sensitive--indeed the most deprived--region of the world.