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Mar 2021
1h 22m

Nephrology (KIDNEYS) with Samira Farouk

ALIE WARD
About this episode

What’s in pee? Should you donate a kidney to a stranger? Which hurts worse: childbirth or kidney stones? Why are some kidneys the size of footballs? March is World Kidney Month and before you shrug it off: 15% of adults have chronic kidney disease -- and most don’t even know it. This episode could save a life. Transplant Nephrologist Dr. Samira Farouk chats about how nephrology is for cool kids, how transplant chains work, legends about bathtubs filled with ice, how dialysis works, where nephrology ends and urology begins, how much water you should drink and why kidney punches aren’t allowed in boxing. Also: asparagus pee and #NephMadness.

Follow Dr. Samira Farouk at Twitter.com/ssfarouk or @nehmadness

Check out #NephMadness and nephmadness.com

Interested in being a living donor? Here’s some info.

A donation was made to the American Association of Kidney Patients, AAKP.org

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Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies

Follow Dr. Samira Farouk at Twitter.com/ssfarouk or @nehmadness

Check out #NephMadness

Interested in being a living donor? Here’s some info.

A donation was made to the American Association of Kidney Patients, AAPK.org

Sponsor links: www.alieward.com/ologies-sponsors

More links at: http://alieward.com/ologies/nephology

Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies

OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes!

Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies

Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

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