In Japan, a popular saying goes, “No need for a doctor when you have miso.” Miso holds a special place in the hearts of the Japanese. According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare in Japan, the population of centenarians in Japan exceeded 90,000 in 2022, with an increase…
2 Simple Practices for a Lifetime of Strong Healthy Teeth
One of my patients, overwhelmed by work and stress, neglected his dental health, leading to dental issues and costly dental treatments such as fillings and implants. Teeth serve as the first line of digestion. Poor dental health and tooth loss affect chewing and burden other digestive organs. Tooth loss can result in gum recession, impacting speech…
Eating Mistakes That Can Damage Your Kidneys
As you grow older, your kidney function naturally declines. Yet, everything that happens in your body requires healthy kidney function. Help preserve your kidney function as you age by limiting these popular foods that can harm your kidneys and hasten the progression of disease. Download Interview Transcript | Download my FREE Podcast STORY AT-A-GLANCE Your kidneys lower…
Gout Relief and Prevention
If your body makes too much uric acid or expels too little, uric acid blood levels can build up… Q: I have had two attacks of gout in the past six months. What’s the best way to get quick relief and prevent it from happening? A: Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis….
Pebbles in Your Plumbing: Flushing Kidney Stones
Have you ever heard that passing a kidney stone is more painful than giving birth? Each year, more than 1 million people in the U.S. rush to the emergency room with pain caused by a kidney stone. Kidney stones are hard, pebble-like pieces of material that form in one or both kidneys. They’re caused by…
How to Prevent and Treat Kidney Stones
An estimated one in ten people will develop kidney stones during their lifetime, and half a million individuals will visit an emergency department each year because of these painful formations. People of just about any age, including children, are increasingly falling victim to kidney stones. Nineteen percent of men and nine percent of women can expect to…
Kidneys’ Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds
Men and women have different experiences with declining kidney function as they age, so researchers set out to try to figure out what was happening. What they knew was that more women have chronic kidney disease (CKD), while more men develop kidney failure, a seeming contradiction. What they found was that middle-aged women tended to…
Tweak Your Diet to Prevent Recurring Kidney Stones
If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, it wouldn’t be surprising if your top priority in life is to make sure you never get another one. The blinding, excruciating pain that comes when passing one is enough to strike fear into anybody. New research suggests that about 30 percent of people who’ve passed a kidney…
Painkillers Damage the Liver and Kidney: How to Take Them Safely
August 16, 2022
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Pain relievers are convenient medications that can relieve pain in the body. Whether it is headache, fever, muscle pain, stomach pain, or period pain, people are used to taking pain relievers to stop the pain. However, as long as the drugs are metabolized by the liver and kidneys, the liver and kidneys are vulnerable to…
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
Anyone who has suffered through a large, painful kidney stone wants to avoid a repeat episode. Now a new trial confirms one preventive strategy: removing small “silent” stones before they cause trouble. When people develop a kidney stone that is painful enough to require removal, imaging tests often reveal that they harbor smaller, asymptomatic stones,…
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