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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:00
Matthew Brabham, (pictured right) with his father Geoff
Brabham,
a Le Mans and Bathurst 1000 winner, will join
Kidney
Health Australia on the steps of the Victorian
Parliament to make a noise about
kidney disease and launch the 2010 campaign
message
'Protect Your Kidneys
Control Diabetes' with the roar of his
Formula
Ford.
Type 2 Diabetes is the primary diagnosis causing kidney disease in 20-40% of people starting treatment for end stage renal disease worldwide. In Australia, the number of new Type 2 Diabetes patients starting dialysis increased 5-fold between 1993 and 2007.
Launch of World Kidney Day
1.00pm Thursday 11
March 2010
Steps of the
Victorian Parliament, Spring Street,
Melbourne.

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