{"id":19,"date":"2018-07-12T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:46:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home of the UK&#8217;s leading kidney research charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div  class=\"pods-ui-notice pods-ui-notice-notice pods-ui-notice-notice-error pods-ui-notice-is-dismissible pods-ui-notice-front\"><p><strong>Pods Embed Error:<\/strong> Pod not found.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Health-check-laptop.jpg\" alt=\"Health check laptop\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"523\" width=\"860\" title=\"Health check laptop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Health-check-laptop.jpg\" alt=\"Health check laptop\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"523\" width=\"860\" title=\"Health check laptop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tTake your FREE health check\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Around 1 in 10 people worldwide have chronic kidney disease and many people are undiagnosed. 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