Your kidneys do a lot for you. But are you helping or hurting them? Click through the WebMD quiz to find out how you might be damaging your kidneys without even knowing it.
Yourkidneysget rid of waste in your body and help you hold on to the right amount of fluid. They also send out hormones that keep yourblood pressuresteady, and they play a role in making red blood cells. They even make a form ofvitamin Dthat’s good for your bones. Somemedicationscan...
Your kidneys balance the amount ofsodiumin your body. If you're getting too much, it builds up in your blood. Yourheartworks harder to pump and increases blood pressure, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. "Chronic kidney disease—that's the way that we describe ...
Myo-inositol may not be properly cleared when the kidneys are overworked, such as in kidney disease or while taking diuretics. As such, myo-inositol should not be taken by people who have kidney disease or who may already be taking supplements, such as cleavers (a diuretic herb), that ca...
As someone who actually gave up computer dating (and, pretty much, dating in general) before meeting Lindsey, you can see how this could have gone to hell in a hand basket rather quickly, landing me in a tub full of ice and a body devoid of one or both kidneys. Luck was on my sid...
Let’s dive a little deeper into the ANS. It controls all three aspects of yourcirculatory system: your heart’s pumping ability; your blood vessels’ ability to control blood transport; and your kidneys’ control of blood volume. When all is working well, the blood flow to your brain and...
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He went to bed with congestive heart failure, declining kidneys, diabetes and woke up whole, healthy and in the presence of Jesus. WOW! Can you imagine? But the real story of the shoes is a reminder… a reminder that we do not know our last day on earth. We don’t know when we...
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Adding olive oil to the diet has other advantages as well. There has been interest in the health benefits of olive oil for some time, but not usually with a focus on colon cancer. The cardiovascular benefits of diets higher in olive oil are well established in improving the ratio of good...