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Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Occurrence Of Kidney Stones Doubles In Wake Of Obesity Outbreak: Study
According to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and RAND, the number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled si...

Fresh Insight on Effective Drug Treatments for Kidney Stones
New research by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows evidence to explain why some people are more prone to develop kidney stones than others. Their disco...

Using Ultrasound to Get Rid of Painful Kidney Stones
Space scientists are in the process of using ultrasound to get rid of kidney stones through a process called 'twinkling artifact'. The risk of kidney stones developing in space is agg...

Study Finds No Link Between Kidney Stone Treatment And Diabetes
There is no correlation between the use of shockwave lithotripsy which is used to break up kidney stones and the long-term development of diabetes, finds a Mayo Clinic study. "We did not...

Shockwaves Better Than Surgery to Treat Small Kidney Stones
Different techniques should be used to remove single stones that have become lodged in the distal ureter after being expelled by the kidney, depending on whether they are under or above one ...

Maharashtra Doc Removes 1.72 Lakh Kidney Stones from Single Patient
A doctor in Maharashtra entered the Guinness Book of World Records for removing the most number of kidney stones from a single patient back in December last year with the total number of kid...

Method for Curbing Growth of Crystals That Form Kidney Stones Developed
A method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones has been developed by researchers. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, ma...

Recent Research Offers Hope for Kidney Stone Prevention
A new technique to curb the growth of crystals in one type of kidney stone offers hope for preventing development of the hard deposits which can cause extreme pain, researchers reported Thur...

Estrogen Therapy Elevates Kidney Stones Risk in Postmenopausal Women
A new report has suggested that the use of estrogen therapy is associated with an increased risk of developing kidney stones in postmenopausal women. Using data from the national Women's...

'DASH-style' Diet Can Help Keep Kidney Stones at Bay
A diet designed to prevent high blood pressure reduces the risk of developing kidney stones, a new study has found. The results suggest how low-fat dairy products and/or plants may have ...

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