Health Matters: Protecting Your Kidney Health, What You Need to Know

Published March 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM CDT

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Sachdeva Bharat, M.D.

Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 6 p.m. On this episode of Health Matters, Red River Radio Assistant General Manager and producer Ranae Moran is joined by Bharat Sachdeva, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief of Nephrology, and Director of Dialysis at LSU Health Shreveport, along with Shawna Calhoune Choyce, APRN, FNP-C, a nurse practitioner in the Nephrology Division of Internal Medicine at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport.

Together, they discuss the risk factors for kidney disease, how it’s tested and diagnosed, and practical steps you can take to help keep your kidneys functioning properly.