Chronic Kidney Disease Part 1: Nephrons, Ship Breakers, and Transplant Tourism

Send a textWe’re dipping our toes in the sea of non-communicable diseases. Join us as we venture into the surprisingly strange world of chronic kidney disease. We’ve got science, a special guest, and Snapple facts that will leave you thirsty for more. What do mangrove forests and cargo ships have to do with kidney disease in Bangladesh? Tune in to find out! And you thought only infectious diseases could be weird...silly you.....sources .https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/574564/kidney-factshttps://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e036086https://www.wri.org/blog/2015/02/satellite-data-reveals-state-world-s-mangrove-forestshttps://ejatlas.org/conflict/dirty-and-dangerous-shipbreaking-in-chittagonghttps://www.dmclinicalresearch.com/5-interesting-facts-about-the-kidney/#:~:text=The%20average%20kidney%20is%20as,1%20t0%202%20million%20nephrons.https://www.livescience.com/52047-kidneys.htmlhttps://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/kidney-dialysis#1