Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes and Digestive
Igestive and (NIDDK):</B> One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name and a comparably broad mission, namely, to 'conduct and support basic and applied research and provide leadership for a national program in diabetes , endocrinology, and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases.
Several of these diseases are among the leading causes of disability and death; all seriously affect the quality of life of those who have them.'