Tina Turner's message to fans before death is all the more heartbreaking: Let’s show our kidneys some love! (2)

HbA1c, mitochondrial biogenesis, simple kidney function tests and lipid levels levels for detecting risk factors are all relatively cheap - much cheaper than the average servicing costs of a car! Yet rarely requested out of citizens' budgets.

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HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com