Myth Buster: Beer and Kidney Stones - Video
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Overview
A survey conducted on World Kidney Day revealed that 1 out of 3 people in India believe that drinking beer helps to treat kidney stones, which is a myth.
According to the survey conducted by Pristyn Care, the Indians' understanding of kidney function and risks associated with kidney disease is inadequate. The study was conducted with more than 1000 respondents.
In this video, Dr Anant Joshi, Nephrologist and kidney transplant specialist at Sanjeevan hospital Delhi has given his comments on a Survey.
He also talks about his insight, ill effects of drinking beer, other therapies which do the same job as beer.
Speakers
Dr. Anant Joshi, M.B.B.S, M.D [Medicine], DNB [Nephrology] ) is Nephrologist and kidney transplant specialist at Sanjeevan hospital, Delhi. He is also the founder director at Chiranjeevi Kidney and Multispecialty Clinic, Ashok Vihar.
Roshni Dhar, a Mass com graduate with a soft corner for health happenings, joined Medical Dialogues as a news anchor in 2021. Inspired by her mother who is a gynaecologist, she likes to keep herself and the world updated on the occurring in the medical field. She covers various aspects of health news for MDTV at Medical Dialogues. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
