For Kidneys Sake

Do you have a question? Send it now... 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 function testing evolved and why the numbers we rely...

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 co...

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 presc...

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...

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 epi...

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 h...

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 aw...

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 “Kn...

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 i...

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 epi...

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 SG...

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 Presi...

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...

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...

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-induc...

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 , consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Rory Donnelly , a senior pharmacist and system lead for diabetes and chronic kidney disease (C...

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, consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel speak with Dr. Madhvi Joshi, a GP and certified health coach, about the power of personalised care and health...

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 , Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy are joined by Dr Tony Willis, a GP and clinical lead in diabetes and chronic kidney disease prevention. Together, they examine the evi...

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 , Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy are joined by Dr Khuldir Johal, a GP and clinical lead for the Harrow CRM Hub, to discuss the relationship between obesity and Ca...

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 special introductory episode of For Kidneys’ Sake , nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel open a new series on Cardio-Renal Metabolic (CRM) disease, a complex syndrome where kidney disease...

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 , consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel discuss the relationship between gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD). They explore how CKD increases the ri...

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 podcast, consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel are joined by Dr. Mohammad Haidar, a GP and clinical lead for cardiovascular and renal medicine in North West London. They discuss how to...

Do you have a question? Send it now... In this episode of For Kidney’s Sake , consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel discuss albuminuria , focusing on the interpretation and management of low-level abnormal results. They explore how to distinguish between harmless fluctuations and early signs of kidney damage, clarify the coding system (A1, A2, A3), and explain why urine albumin-t...

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 discussion, consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Dr Phil Webster to examine fertility and pregnancy in the context of chronic kidney disease (CKD). They highlight...

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, consultants Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel, both nephrologists at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, discuss the significance and management of microscopic (non-visible) haematuria i...