Nephrology (KIDNEYS) with Samira Farouk

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Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

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 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 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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0:00.0	Oh, it's that piece of gum that you managed to nong through an entire movie.
0:04.8	Ali Ward, I'm back with a very special episode celebrating March.
0:08.4	It is the month of the kidney.
0:10.1	Did you know that?
0:11.1	Or maybe it's the two fortnights of each kidney, depending on how many you have.
0:14.8	How many should you have?
0:16.3	How many do you really need?
0:17.7	It's the question.
0:18.7	Who has the most kidneys?
0:20.0	We're going to get there, my little beans, but nephrology.
0:23.8	You have not heard this one before.
0:25.5	This is not about clouds.
0:27.7	That was nephology.
0:29.5	This topic might be a little foggy for a lot of us because how does the kidney even work?
0:36.2	And why can we take them out of our bodies and pretty much be fine?
0:40.0	And why does your piece smell like coffee?
0:42.2	A nephrologist was in.
0:43.9	So nephrology comes from the Greek for nephro and thisologist and I met over a year
0:50.0	ago via science Twitter.
0:52.0	She was like, really?
0:53.2	No nephrology episodes.
0:54.7	And I was like, well, welcome to my spreadsheet of people I want to interview.
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