Starcast Join the waitlist
The People's Pharmacy

The People's Pharmacy

Show 1482: Are Your Kidneys in Trouble? Two Tests Could Tell You

Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 7m

Coming soon to iPhone. Already have it? “Listen in Starcast” takes you straight there.

On this episode

About this episode

Our kidneys do an incredible job filtering our blood every hour of every day. Most of us have two kidneys, and each one has about a million microscopic filters called glomeruli. Unlike the filters in our HVAC system, though, these filters cannot be replaced. But they do their work so well and unobtrusively that most […]