Episode 8: Mental Health & Kidney Disease

It’s Episode 17 of The Nephron Segment and it's time for NephMadness! Join us as we chat with NephMadness writers Dr. Steven Clapp & Dr. Alyssa Steitz, and Director of Rare Genetic Kidney Diseases at the University of Alabama Birmingham, Dr. Eric Wallace. We discuss the fierce Ne ...  Show more

It’s Episode 16 of The Nephron Segment and it's time for NephMadness! Join us as we chat with transplant nephrologist Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon (and obesity medicine specialist!) Dr. Babak Orandi and discuss the obesity in kidney transplant recipients and kidney transpl ...  Show more

People with chronic conditions like kidney disease face mental health struggles such as depression or anxiety. In many kidney patients those challenges often go overlooked or undertreated. In this episode, we sat down with a mentor and mentee from NKF Peers to discuss their exper ...  Show more

This episode deep-dives into a recent AJKD article entitled Fatigue in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Review. Our host is joined by a current hemodialysis patient and two of the article’s co-authors to explore and share all about interdialytic and postdialysis fat ...  Show more

Dr Nidhi Sukul discusses the vast impact of chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) on patients' quality of life and the importance of improving diagnosis.

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Dr. Shajahan invites four mental health experts on the podcast to share their advice on the small steps you can take to improve your mental well-being and how to support others in their journey. Topics include: • Shifting your mindset toward mindfulness (1:05) • The importance of ...  Show more