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Jan 2023
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Episode 8: Mental Health & Kidney Diseas...

Samira Farouk, Sam Kant, Elinor Mannon, Matthew Sparks
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On Episode 8, guests Dr. L Parker Gregg and patient advocate Nichole Jefferson join us for a conversation about the importance of mental health in patients with kidney disease. Nichole shares with us the importance of attention to mental health and her journey from hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis to 2 kidney transplants. We also discuss recent and upcoming research in this area. 

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