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Kidney stones are common. In the U.S., 1 in 11 individuals will be affected by them at some point in their life. They're typically seen in adults between 40 and 60 years old. However, kidney stones can form at any age and ...
Dec 9, 2024
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Public health recommendations generally suggest drinking eight cups of water a day. And many people just assume it's healthy to drink plenty of water. Now researchers at UC San Francisco have taken a systematic look at the ...
Nov 27, 2024
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Kidney stones are the worst, so Reactions host Alex Dainis made some at home and tested supposed prevention methods to keep them at bay.
Nov 11, 2024
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Water is essential for daily functioning and health, and we can only survive a few days without it. Yet we constantly lose water through sweat, urination and even evaporation when we breathe.
Nov 1, 2024
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Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may also help to lower the risk of recurrent kidney stones and gout flare-ups, finds a study from Canada published by BMJ.
Nov 1, 2024
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Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause bleeding, kidney damage or ongoing urinary tract infections may require surgical treatment. Dr. Aaron ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Early detection is critical when it comes to curing diseases like cancer, but not everyone has easy access to screening tools. For problems in the genitourinary (GU) tract (which includes the kidneys, prostate, and bladder), ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Sometimes all it takes is a little push. That is the conclusion of a recently published study in which doctors used a handheld ultrasound device to nudge patients' kidney-stone fragments.
Sep 19, 2024
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When Jessica Staten's kidney stones wouldn't pass, she said, her doctor suggested a procedure to "blow 'em up." She went to have it done last November at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Washington, one of nine hospitals ...
Sep 16, 2024
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A noninvasive ultrasound technology called Break Wave lithotripsy (BWL) offers a safe and effective new option for treatment of urinary stones, reports a clinical trial in the October issue of the Journal of Urology.
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