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Did you know that an estimated 37 million Americans have kidney diseases, and as many as 9 in 10 people don’t know they have it? When left untreated, kidney diseases can cause irreversible kidney damage and kidney failure (more than 800,000 people in the U.S. have kidney failure), leading to dialysis or the need for a kidney transplant. Dr. Samir M. Parikh, President of the American Society of Nephrology, joins Newell to talk about the realities and the risks of kidney diseases.