For Kidneys Sake

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  Potassium: It’s a Bit of a Bind(er) 15.09.2026 22мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) Could controlling potassium be the key to giving more patients the heart- and kidney-protective treatment they need? High potassium can prevent people with chronic kidney disease or heart failure from receiving optimal doses of ACE inhibitors, ARBs and other RAAS inhibitors. In this episode of For Kidneys Sa...
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  Metformin: How Low Can You Go? 01.09.2026 19мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) What do the new NICE guidelines tell us about the changing relationship between diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular health? The updated NICE guidance on type 2 diabetes marks an important change in how clinicians should think about diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular risk. In this episo...
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  Think kidneys in hypertension and managing the combination 18.08.2026 21мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) Could your patient's kidneys be telling you something their blood pressure isn't? In this episode of For Kidney's Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Prof Ian Wilkinson, President of the British and Irish Hypertension Society, to explore the close relationship between hypertension and ...
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  A fine time for finerenone: another kidney drug that works 04.08.2026 17мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) Do we really need another kidney drug?Many people still see finerenone as 'just another spironolactone ', but is that really the case? In this episode of For Kidney's Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel explore why finerenone is changing the management of diabetic kidney disease and where it fits al...
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  It’s all Relative: When Kidney Disease Runs in the Family 21.07.2026 22мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) Is Kidney Disease Hiding in the Family? Could a patient’s kidney disease have a genetic cause and what clues might we be missing? Genetic kidney conditions are more common than many clinicians realise, and spotting the signs early can change not only one patient’s care, but potentially the care of an e...
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  A Century of Creatinine and the Endless Search for Accuracy 30.06.2026 19мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) This week on For Kidneys Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel celebrate an unlikely centenary: 100 years since creatinine was first recognised as a marker of kidney function. From the early days of serum creatinine and the Cockcroft-Gault formula to today’s eGFR reporting, the duo unpack how kidney f...
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  Wee Need to Talk About UTIs 16.06.2026 22мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) How confident are you that the patient in front of you really has a urinary tract infection? In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel tackle one of the most common yet surprisingly complex conditions seen in primary care: urinary tract infections (UTIs). Th...
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  Prescribing in CKD: What to Stop, What to Use & What to Avoid 02.06.2026 20мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) In this refreshed re-release episode, Professor Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel revisit one of the most common and challenging areas in chronic kidney disease (CKD) management: medication reviews and safe prescribing. They discuss how to approach prescribing decisions as kidney function declines, inc...
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  Decoding Albuminuria: The One Where We Tell You Not to Panic About Proteinuria 19.05.2026 22мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) In this reflective re-release episode, Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy revisit one of the podcast’s most practical and enduring topics: low-level albuminuria and the interpretation of urine ACR testing in primary care. As the podcast prepares for a new series, the team looks back on the importanc...
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  Can I Take This? (Supplements Revisited): Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should 05.05.2026 26мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) The For Kidneys Sake podcast series, returns with refreshed episodes from our earlier series. With over 30 episodes and 15,000 listeners, we’re revisiting key topics while we prepare our next series. In this episode, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel explore a common and often overlooked clinical ...
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  Sweet Urine Returns: Good Times Still Rolling 21.04.2026 19мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) This episode is a refreshed re-release of “Sweet Urine – Good Times Never Seemed So Good”, one of our early For Kidneys Sake podcasts, revisited to reflect how quickly the evidence base around SGLT2 inhibitors has evolved. Originally developed as glucose-lowering therapies, drugs such as dapagliflozin, empag...
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  Bananas are STILL not the problem! Hyperkalaemia and CKD 07.04.2026 21мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) This episode is a refreshed re-release of our very first For Kidneys Sake podcast, updated to reflect current practice while reinforcing the core messages that remain just as relevant today. Despite increased awareness, we are still seeing patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) being referred urgen...
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  Your Kidneys Called… They Have Questions 24.03.2026 24мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) What are patients really asking when they’re told they have chronic kidney disease? In this insightful and open episode, Sister Joana Teles steps out from behind the scenes to bring frontline wisdom from the “Know Your Kidneys” education programme. From the deceptively simple (“Is protein in my urine s...
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  Kidney Diets: Less Fear, More Food 10.03.2026 21мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) What should you actually eat if you’ve just been told you have chronic kidney disease? It’s one of the first questions patients ask and unfortunately, the internet often makes the answer far more confusing than it needs to be. In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy are jo...
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  From Cysts to Cortex: Interpreting Kidney Ultrasounds 24.02.2026 20мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) An ultrasound report lands in your inbox. It mentions a cyst. Or a bright kidney. Or “thin cortex.” Or asymmetry. And suddenly, what was meant to reassure becomes a source of anxiety. In this highly practical episode, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankle tackle the six most common renal ultrasound findings...
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  Finerenone and Semaglutide now on team kidney 10.02.2026 18мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) For years, diabetic kidney disease felt frustratingly static: ACE inhibitors, ARBs… and then very little else. In this episode, Porf Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel unpack why that era is finally over. With SGLT2 inhibitors already changing practice, attention now turns to two newer players finerenon...
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  Bridging Cardio-Renal Care: A Nurse Practitioner’s Take 27.01.2026 23мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS) In this episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, Professors Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel speak with Beverley Bostock, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in primary care, Editor-in-Chief of Practice Nurse Journal, and President-Elect of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society. The discussion examines the expanding role of...
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  Kidneys vs Heart: The Battle HF Nurses Navigate Every Day 13.01.2026 23мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS). In this episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by heart failure specialist: Carys Barton, Consultant Heart Failure Nurse and the first nurse to chair the British Society for Heart Failure. Together they unpack what heart failure nurses actually do, why they’re the “g...
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  The RAASi reset 09.12.2025 15мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS). In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew revisit one of the most fundamental yet persistently misunderstood areas in kidney care: the use and misuse of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors (RAASIs). Despite being cheap, powerful, and backed by decades of evidence, these cornerstone drugs remain under-dosed, freque...
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  From fluid overload to volume depletion: tips on how to get it right? 25.11.2025 18мин

  Do you have a question? Send it now... The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS). In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew discuss one of the most deceptively tricky areas of everyday kidney and general medical practice: assessing fluid balance. From swollen ankles to dizzy spells, from SGLT2-induced polyuria to the eternal mystery of the JVP, our hosts unpack why no single test ever gives “th...