Doctors’ Notes: Kidneys
What's Up Docs?
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4.4 • 663 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Urine for a treat in this week’s Doctors’ Notes, as Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken continue their fascinating conversation with Dr Kate Bramham, Consultant Nephrologist at King’s College Hospital and Reader at King's College London.
In this bonus episode, the Docs delve into the issue of chronic kidney disease and why some communities are disproportionately affected by it. They also explore the effectiveness of kidney transplants and hear how kidney function differs between men and women.
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Presenters: Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken Guest: Dr Kate Bramham Producers: William Hornbrook and Jo Rowntree Executive Producer: Rami Tzabar Editor: Kirsten Lass Assistant Producer: Maia Miller-Lewis Tech Lead: Reuben Huxtable Social Media: Leon Gower Digital Lead: Richard Berry Composer: Phoebe McFarlane Sound Design: Melvin Rickarby
At the BBC: Assistant Commissioner: Greg Smith Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | I like when a manager wears a suit and tides, you know what I mean. In 2025, we were here for the football. The Wayne Rooney Show. As a manager, you're making decisions on what you're seeing on the pitch. Sometimes it doesn't always pay off. Football Daily. Loyalty in football. Does it still exist? There is no loyalty in football. And Tuni and Russo. Do you feel like the pressure actually helps you play the best football? |
| 0:22.4 | We've prepared ourselves to step out onto the pitch at the end of the day. |
| 0:25.5 | Get the best of 2025 with podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.1 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:37.8 | Hello, welcome to Doctor's Notes. It's the bonus content that we put together each week, |
| 0:42.5 | where we continue the conversation with our expert guest. I'm Dr. Chris. I'm his identical twin |
| 0:48.3 | brother, Doctor's Aunt. Chris, we've just finished recording the main episode of What's Up Dogs |
| 0:52.1 | with Dr. Kate Bramham. She's a consultant nephrologist at King's College Hospital. |
| 0:56.0 | She's a reader at King's College, London. |
| 0:58.0 | She's an expert in all things kidney. |
| 1:01.6 | And in the main app, we grappled with what the kidney does. |
| 1:05.9 | That it is not simply a filter. |
| 1:09.8 | It, yes, it does filter the blood and it produces a large volume of liquid which contains |
| 1:17.5 | good stuff and bad stuff and then it sorts out the good stuff from the bad stuff. |
| 1:22.3 | It leaves the bad stuff in the wee. |
| 1:24.4 | It pulls the good stuff and the water out of the wee. |
| 1:27.2 | Now in Doctor's Notes we're going to have a stuff and the water out of the wee. Now in doctor's notes, |
| 1:28.2 | we're going to have a look at the differences between men and women and their chances of getting |
| 1:32.9 | kidney disease and the way the ethnicity affects your risk of kidney disease. Zandi, make |
| 1:39.1 | the opening the notes sound effect. Let's open the notes. |
| 1:51.8 | Kate, hello, thank you so much for staying with us for doctor's notes. |
| 1:52.8 | Thank you very much. |
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