World Kidney Day – 12th March 2009

A few nice World images I found:

World Kidney Day - 12th March 2009




Image by Mrs Magic

The purpose of World Kidney Day is to raise awareness about the importance of our kidneys â€" an amazing organ that plays a crucial role in keeping us alive and well â€" and to spread the message that kidney disease is common, harmful and treatable.

The main job of our kidneys (which are roughly the size of two fists and are located deep in our abdomen, beneath our rib cage) is to remove toxins and excess water from our blood. Every day our kidneys filter and clean 200 liters of blood â€" a quantity that would fill about 200 bottles or 20 buckets! Besides this impressive, daily feat, kidneys also help to control our blood pressure, to produce red blood cells and to keep our bones healthy.

The theme of World Kidney Day 2009 is “Keep the Pressure Down” highlighting the importance of high blood pressure as one of the key symptoms and causes of chronic kidney disease.

www.worldkidneyday.org/
www.kidneyresearchuk.org/
www.kidskidneyresearch.org/worldkidneyday2009
www.mint-research.org.uk/
www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/default.jsp


Many thanks to londonalex for making this photo available to add to and build upon in Creative Commons, it's such a good photo! I'm sorry for the Dictionary of Image photo rather than my own original work, today is a very tired day but didn't want to not take part.

Until the End of the World




Image by [AJ]

U2 performing in Las Vegas, Friday October 23, 2009. During "Until the End of the World" the bridges came together with Edge on one, and Bono on the other, and they reached out to the other, but were just out of reach, before the bridges parted again. Fun moment of the show, and it happened right over my head.