A urine or blood test can typically tell doctors if a patient has kidney damage. However, these tests can still miss the very early stages of nephron loss which signal the start of CKD.

When individuals with varying degrees of chronic kidney disease who were not on dialysis answered annual questionnaires about their symptoms, researchers found that one-third could be categorized as having a "Worse symptom score and worsening trajectory" of symptoms.

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI A study has said that heart diseases contributed over 28 per cent of the total deaths in India in 2016 compared to 152 per cent in 1990 the Lok Sabha was informed on FridayThe government also told the lower house that non-communicable diseases are estimated to account for 63 per cent of fatalities in the countryUnion Minister of State for Health Bharati Pawar said the study -- The changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the States of India The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016 -- was published in the Lancet Global Health 2018 by the Indian Council of Medical Research ICMRShe said the according to the study heart diseases contributed 281 per cent of the total deaths in India in 2016 compared to 152 per cent in 1990Pawar said another study -- Global regional and national burden of chronic kidney disease 1990-2017 a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 -- was published in Lancet 2020 by ICMRAccording to this study the age standardised prevalence of chronic kidney disease CKD in India has increased by 56 per cent between 1990 and 2017 she saidThe minister also said the non-communicable diseases are estimated to account for 63 per cent of all deaths in India PTI ACB ACB TIR TIR

Tribune News ServiceAmritsar August 18The Centre should pressurise the Pakistan government to restore the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh which was vandalised by a few miscreants recently said senior BJP leader and former health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla while condemning the actChawla said the Indian government should send a delegation to oversee the restoration of the statue and other minority religious places in PakistanSikh body Chief Khalsa Diwan too condemned the incident and demanded strict action from the Pakistan governmentCKD president Nirmal Singh and other senior members said the Maharajas statue has been vandalised thrice in the past two yearsNirmal Singh said Maharaja Ranjit Singh had ensured equal respect for all religions besides freedom to believe in ones religion during his reign