Category: Ask A Doctor

Ask a Doctor: Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treating Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a group of chronic diseases where the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes, which mainly affects adults, is most common. Here, the body is either resistant to insulin or does not make enough insulin to maintain the right blood sugar level. About 420 million people are living with…


Ask a Dentist: Veneers

A veneer is like a false fingernail, but instead of enhancing the top surface of a finger, a veneer is bonded onto the front surface of a tooth. Preferentially, veneers are attached on to the enamel (outside) surface of a tooth. Full preparation of a tooth is not needed, and in many cases, no preparation…


Dental Crowns: From Alloys to Zirconia

My front tooth is broken, discolored, looks different than the tooth beside it—it just doesn’t look nice. It looks like you need a crown or a veneer. By the 1960s, it became increasingly possible to restore teeth to highly aesthetic renditions of the originals. As with an inlay (mentioned in a previous article), a dental…


You Can Reverse Atherosclerosis and Prevent Heart Attacks If Your ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Is Below This Level

It is generally believed that myocardial infarction is a disease of the middle-aged and elderly. However, in recent years, the age of onset for myocardial infarction is becoming younger and younger. How can we prevent myocardial infarction? First, we need to know what causes a myocardial infarction. Let’s start with some basic knowledge about myocardial…


Vegetarians Can Also Get Colon Cancer? 6 Tips to Keep Your Vegetarian Diet Healthy

Dr. Liu Zhongping, a cardiologist, mentioned that he had two friends who had been vegetarians for more than two decades. However, both developed symptoms of colorectal cancer in their 50s and were diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer, and one of them was a monk, who had been a vegetarian for more than 30 years. Eating…


When Body Odor Is an Indicator of Disease, Cancer

When it comes to body odors, many people will first think of the smell of sweat. If a person’s sweat has an unpleasant odor, it may be related to his or her diet. Some people prefer to eat spices such as green onions and garlic, or strong-smelling plants like cilantro. This habit may cause the…


Miraculous Reflexology: How to Give Yourself a Foot Massage That Heals the Body

As an old saying goes, “The root dries up first before a tree dies, and the feet grow feeble first when a man ages.” The feet not only support the weight of the whole body, but also have a close relationship with the individual’s overall health. Foot massage can improve many small health issues throughout…


A Rundown on Dental Fillings

In the past, moviegoers hanging onto the edge of their seats during some climactic moment, watching their leading actor shout out at the top of his lungs, might have found themselves somewhat jarred from the immersion when the close-up revealed a mouth full of black fillings. Perhaps such details were overlooked, though, since many in…


The Excruciating Pain of Kidney Stones: 2 Most Common Types and How to Prevent Them

Kidney stones are a common kidney disease, characterized by back pain and hematuria, and the pain they cause is so excruciating that it’s “impossible to forget for life.” Once a patient has kidney stones, he or she will have a high chance of having another one, so it is important to prevent them through diet….


Diabetes is Having Your Organs Soaked in Sugar Water: 5 Red-Flag Symptoms

The “atypical” symptoms of diabetes are becoming more and more common, and they are not easily detectable or identified as being a symptom of diabetes. As such, many people don’t know they have diabetes until complications occur. Diabetic complications can be serious and deadly, and they should not be ignored. According to the World Health…