Alonzo Mourning Hosts Basketball Clinic in Harlem

May 10 - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning hosted an educational basketball clinic for local youth in Harlem, New York today in which he shared his personal story to raise awareness of chronic kidney disease. Also discussed were two common risk factors, diabetes and high blood pressure, and the clinic highlighted the importance of preventing the noted diseases.

Approximately 20 million Americans suffer from chronic kidney disease -- including an estimated 650,000 NYC residents -- and another estimated 20 million are at risk. The basketball clinic, hosted by Shape Up New York and sponsored by the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) and Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., sought to increase awareness about these health problems and to encourage individuals who might be at risk to visit their doctors.

Nearly 20 percent of the adult population in East Harlem and the South Bronx has diabetes, a risk factor for chronic kidney disease, according to a report by the City University of New York and the Public Health Association of New York City. The report also noted that African-Americans with diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop chronic kidney disease than individuals of other ethnic backgrounds with the disease. In addition, African-Americans have a higher incidence of high blood pressure compared to other ethnic groups, which, if left untreated, can also cause chronic kidney disease

The clinic took place at the Jackie Robinson Recreation Center, located at 85 Bradhurst Avenue & 146th Street in East Harlem, at 6 p.m. ET.

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