Hydration and Your Kidneys: How Much Water Do You Really Need?

Hydration and Your Kidneys: How Much Water Do You Really Need? Last week, a patient came into my office with a giant gallon jug marked with motivational time stamps. She looked frustrated: “Dr. Liang, I’ve been drinking a gallon of water every day for three months because the internet told me it flushes toxins. But […]

Exercise and Bladder Health: Can Physical Activity Help or Harm?

Exercise and Bladder Health: Can Physical Activity Help or Harm? Here’s something that surprises many people: some of my most athletic patients struggle the most with bladder control, while some of my least active patients have never leaked a drop. At first, this didn’t make sense to me. Why would a marathon runner wear adult […]

Urinary Incontinence in Women: You Don’t Have to Live With It

Urinary Incontinence in Women: You Don’t Have to Live With It Here’s a statistics that might surprise you: more women in the United States struggle with urinary incontinence than with diabetes, depression, or hypertension. Yet if you gathered a group of ten women together, maybe only one would admit to dealing with it. This silence […]

Testicular Health: What Every Man Should Know About Self-Exams

Testicular Health: What Every Man Should Know About Self-Exams Not long ago, a young man in his twenties — let’s call him Jake — came into my office looking nervous. He’d noticed a small lump in one of his testicles while showering. A friend urged him to get it checked out, and I’m glad he […]

When to Seek Urology Care: A Practical Guide for Different Life Stages

When to Seek Urology Care: A Practical Guide for Different Life Stages Let me guess – you think urologists only deal with old men and prostate problems, right? That’s what everyone thinks until they end up in my office at 2 AM with a kidney stone or their teenager has testicular pain that won’t go […]

Vasectomy Myths vs. Facts: What Men Should Honestly Know

Vasectomy Myths vs. Facts: What Men Should Honestly Know Let’s be real here. When most men hear the word “vasectomy,” they immediately cross their legs and start sweating. I get it. The idea of any procedure involving that area makes even the toughest guys squirm a little.   But here’s the thing – most of […]

Stress and Your Bladder: How Anxiety Affects Urinary Health

Stress and Your Bladder: How Anxiety Affects Urinary Health Stress shows up in weird places. Your neck gets tight, your stomach flips, but here’s what catches people off guard – it messes with your bathroom routine too. I’ve treated tons of patients whose bladder problems started during stressful periods in their lives.   Your brain […]

The Connection Between Smoking and Bladder Health

The Connection Between Smoking and Bladder Health Honestly, the look on my patients’ faces when I mention smoking and bladder health? Priceless. Nine times out of ten, they had no clue. Everyone knows cigarettes wreck your lungs and mess with your heart, but your bladder? That catches people off guard. After treating bladder issues for […]

Hematuria (Blood in Urine): What It Could Mean for You

Hematuria (Blood in Urine): What It Could Mean for You Finding blood in your urine is scary. I get it – most patients who come to my office after seeing that red or pink color are understandably worried. Let me walk you through what hematuria actually means and when you should be concerned. What’s Really […]

Recurrent UTIs: Why They Keep Coming Back and What You Can Do About It

Recurrent UTIs: Why They Keep Coming Back and What You Can Do About It After fifteen years of treating urological conditions, I’ve seen how deeply recurrent UTIs affect my patients’ lives. Just this week, three women told me that dealing with chronic UTIs feels worse than kidney stones—and having treated both conditions extensively, I understand […]