Monday, 20 May 2013- Twenty percent of American males and 10% of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way to prevent...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013- Women who exercised even minimally had a significantly lower risk of kidney stones, according to an analysis of a large cohort study. Overall, physically active women had about a 30% lower risk of...
Monday, 6 May 2013- T. Sugihara and colleagues conducted a study to evaluate risk factors of severe adverse events after percutaneous nephrolithotomy with an emphasis on operation time, and to develop a nomogram for predicting...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013- While the number of people - especially women - who have a minimally invasive procedure to remove kidney stones has risen in recent years, so has the rate of complications related to the surgery,...
Friday, 8 March 2013- T. Caskurlu and colleagues conducted a study to compare the outcomes of using retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) for treating renal stones among normal weight, overweight, and obese patients. They...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013- Laura D.K. Thomas, M.Sc., and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, evaluated whether ascorbic acid supplements (a form of Vitamin C, approximately 1,000 mg) were associated with the...
