KidneyTalk - An Online Radio Show By Renal Support Network
RSN's KidneyTalk is an informative, inspirational, and entertaining online, half-hour radio talk show that launched in June of 2006 with host RSN Founder and President Lori Hartwell. With Lori Hartwell, a renal disease survivor since 1958, KidneyTalk provides the audience with practical advice on how to live a full and productive life despite CKD. The show features healthcare professionals and people living successfully with kidney disease who share personal experiences in inspirational, thought-provoking interviews.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Episodes
- 396
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
5/1/2009 - H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and Kidney Patients
Listen to this interview with Lana Kacherova, RN about this imminent pandemic, as she explains what it is and what people with kidney disease should do.
Fri 01 May 2009
4/27/2009 - Celebrities Speak about Kidney Disease
Keep It Hollywood of the National Kidney Foundation promotes kidney disease awareness by screening actors to find out if they are at risk. Hear what several of the actors had to say when they were sc…
Mon 27 Apr 2009
4/20/2009 - Ask the Nephrologist: Why is Heart Disease the Main Cause Kidney Patients End Up Dying?
Mon 20 Apr 2009
4/20/2009 - Ask the Nephrologist: What Dialysis Treatment Modality Would You Choose?
Mon 20 Apr 2009
3/20/2009 - Ask the Nephrologist: What Could Have Slowed Down The Progression of my Kidney Disease?
Fri 20 Mar 2009
3/18/2009 - Lupus and Kidney Failure
Do you know who is dialyzing in the chair next to you? If not, it could be this gal and she's worth knowing. Wendy has taken on kidney disease, dialysis, and lupus with a positive attitude. In this s…
Wed 18 Mar 2009
11/19/2008 - PKD: It Runs in the Family
With a family history of PKD - many of her family members have not made it past their 50th birthday - Linda Oakford made two life-affecting decisions in her early 20s which actually helped her meet h…
Wed 19 Nov 2008
11/5/2008 - Back to the Future: Returning to Old Ways of Dialysiswith Improvements, of course!
Mike Paget, who has been in the renal community for thirty years and serves as RSN Director of Operations, reminisces about dialysis and dialysis machines in 1977 in England for which he provided ser…
Wed 05 Nov 2008
10/22/2008 - Avoiding the Telltale Symptoms of CKD - What's the Cost?
Valerie Thomerson was both new on the job and finding a new home with her husband when she "just blew off all the symptoms," she said. She had all the warning signs but no family history of disease, …
Wed 22 Oct 2008
10/8/2008 - How a Firefighter Fought for his Kidney
After a career of 37 years in Fire Service saving other people's lives and possessions -- Firefighter, Fire Marshall, and Chief of Emergency Services at a university-- John Garcia was locked in a bat…
Wed 08 Oct 2008
9/24/2008 - Shedding a Light on Depression
Am I depressed? After 11 years as licensed clinical social worker and administrator of a dialysis facility, plus 5 years working for the renal network, Mark Meier has the know-how to pull away the st…
Wed 24 Sep 2008
9/9/2008 - The Heart of Kidney Disease
Dr. Carol DiRaimondo, an internist specializing in kidney diseases, gives some no-nonsense, straight-as-an-arrow talk about why it's vitally important for people with kidney disease to take care of t…
Tue 09 Sep 2008
8/19/2008 - Hemo for Night-Owls: What One Person Discovered Two Transplants and 34 Years Post Diagnosis
A kidney patient since she was 11, Diana Headlee-Bell has had two transplants and, since her second kidney transplant rejected, has been in in-center nocturnal hemodialysis 3 nights a week for 9 year…
Tue 19 Aug 2008
8/5/2008 - What in the World is Mineral and Bone Disorder?
A Nephrology nurse since 1970, Gail Wick has seen treatment for chronic kidney disease improve considerably. But one of the hidden side effects, happening long before kidneys fail, is secondary hyper…
Tue 05 Aug 2008
7/22/2008 - The Pursuit of Happiness
Sally Traore came to the United States all the way from West Africa at age 14 to get an education and pursue the American Dream. She started to get headaches and learned that her kidneys were failing…
Tue 22 Jul 2008
6/24/2008 - A True American Hero: The Marine with a Heart of Gold Donates his Kidney
After two tours in Iraq, this soldier returned to a Thanksgiving Dinner that changed his life. There he learned that Daniel, a scarcely known cousin of his wife, desperately needed a kidney. So Darre…
Tue 24 Jun 2008
6/10/2008 - Straight talk on the Big Three: Sodium, Phosphate, and Potassium
Do you ever feel like your food choices are too limited? Are you discouraged when the low sodium food you just discovered is high in phosphorus? Did you know that sometimes your favorite protein migh…
Tue 10 Jun 2008
5/27/2008 - Lou Grant Rides Again! in Nephrology News and Issues Magazine
Mark Neumann is the Executive Editor of NNI, a position Stephen compared to the curmudgeonly but beloved character played by Ed Asner on TV. Find out directly from Mark how you as a patient can submi…
Tue 27 May 2008
5/13/2008 - Get Information, Get Tested, Get Hope!
Dr. Roberto Vargas works hard at preventing kidney disease, and working for the best outcomes if someone already has it. In this invaluable show, you will learn what the early warning signs of kidney…
Tue 13 May 2008
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