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Week of August 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 hyperparathyroidism, now known as Mineral and
Bone Disorder. Find out what it is and how to cope with it from an expert.
With your Hosts...
Stephen Furst
got his big break into movies in
"Animal House," in which he played Flounder. Stephen has also
starred as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in "St. Elsewhere" and as Vir Cotto in "Babylon5." He is
a successful television and movie producer/director and a kidney patient.
Lori
Hartwell is the author of Chronically Happy - Joyful Living in
Spite of Chronic Illness, and President/Founder of Renal Support Network.
A kidney patient since the age of two, she has consistently strived to
instill hope into the lives of people who live with chronic kidney disease.
