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Treating Osteoarthritis: Non-Surgical and Pain-Free With Ancient Therapy

Do you ever experience knee pain when climbing stairs or standing up after sitting for a long time? If you wake up with joint stiffness and experience increased pain in the evening, along with popping sounds when you move your knee, you may have osteoarthritis. Jonathan Liu, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner with more…


Treating Osteoarthritis: Non-Surgical and Pain-Free With Traditional Chinese Medicine, Diet Therapy, and Acupuncture

Do you ever experience knee pain when climbing stairs or standing up after sitting for a long time? If you wake up with joint stiffness and experience increased pain in the evening, along with popping sounds when you move your knee, you may have osteoarthritis. Jonathan Liu, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner with more…


Stressed About Incontinence? Management and Treatment Tips for a Common, Sometimes Embarrassing Ailment

It’s been said that everyone enjoys a good laugh, but for a large percentage of people, those chuckles are accompanied by urine leakage. Yes, we’re talking about urinary incontinence—a health taboo that really needs to be erased for good—because-guess what? It’s common! According to the Urology Care Foundation, up to one-third of adults in the United…


Pakistan on the Brink of Collapse, CCP to Benefit

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is biding its time as Pakistan, already facing economic collapse, is now in the throes of widespread protests and political violence. Pakistan is reeling from a combination of natural disasters, hunger, economic crisis, and political turmoil in the wake of the military-led arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan….


Self-Help for Sciatica: 9 Stretches for Pain Relief

Have you ever had a painful experience with sciatica? Sciatica pain is associated with tingling, numbness, weakness, and even an electric-shock-like or burning pain from the waist down to the feet. However, sciatica is only a symptom. What is its cause? Dr. Chen Chaolong from Quansheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic in Taiwan provided a few…


Is Too Much Iron in the Brain Causing Alzheimer’s?

Iron accumulation in the brain is emerging as a key player in neurodegeneration that may lead to Alzheimer’s disease. STORY AT-A-GLANCE An imbalance of iron (Fe) in the body can lead to ferroptosis, a programmed cell death pathway known to play a role in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s patients typically have elevated iron levels…


The Essential Guide to Chronic Kidney Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Natural Approaches

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disorder of the kidney that is also known as chronic kidney failure. Affecting over 800 million people worldwide, CKD is characterized by a slow loss of kidney function. CKD is the eighth leading cause of death worldwide. What Are the Symptoms and Early Signs of Chronic Kidney Disease? Symptoms…


Should You Stretch Before or After Exercise, or Both?

You’re told stretch, stretch, stretch—but the bulk of scientific evidence doesn’t actually support this theory. To the contrary, in fact: Most injury occurs as a result of one key factor, and stretching could actually encourage injury. Replace it with this—it works. STORY AT-A-GLANCE The bulk of the scientific evidence does not support the recommendation to…


Mangos Show Signs of Reducing IBD Symptoms and Potential Cancer Risk

Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be extremely debilitating, as it can affect nearly every aspect of a person’s life. The condition affects nearly 1.5 million Americans, with several more being affected around the globe. The most common forms of IBD include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, both of which present as major risk…


Influenza Vaccine Fails to Stop Hospitalization and Death

Influenza vaccination has become a mainstay in American medicine largely as a measure to protect the elderly. However, in recent decades, the FluShot has been pushed on health care workers, and the general adult public, and starting in 2017 the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] ACIP [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] panel stated:…