News tagged with kidney stone
How to ... avoid kidney stones
These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Researchers develop method for curbing growth of crystals that form kidney stones
Researchers have developed a method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, may offer a pathway to a new method for the pr ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Lemonade can help prevent kidney stones
(PhysOrg.com) -- We've all heard the expression, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Passing a kidney stone would qualify for one of life's "lemons," but did you know that drinking lemonade has been shown to prevent ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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63 percent of women report sexual problems with orgasm proving biggest issue in teens and 20s
Almost two-thirds of females attending a general urology practice reported that they suffered from sexual dysfunction, according to a paper in the August issue of BJUI.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Arizona's smoking ban reduced hospital visits, study finds
Two University of Arizona researchers have studied the relationship between Arizona's 2007 law that bans smoking in public places and hospitalization rates for a range of ailments related to secondhand smoke exposure.
May 20, 2010 |
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Molecular prosthesis against gout
Researchers from the ETH Zurich's Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) have devised a new method for preventing and permanently eradicating the cause of gout. It involves implanting a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Emergency departments see substantial increase in CT exams
A new study reports that the use of computed tomography (CT) in the nation's emergency departments is growing exponentially. If the growth trend continues, by 2011, nearly 20 percent of all emergency department (ED) visits ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones, report Chinese scientists in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm.
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Doctors say kidney stones in kids are on the rise
(AP) -- Doctors are puzzling over what seems to be an increase in the number of children with kidney stones, a condition some blame on kids' love of cheeseburgers, fries and other salty foods.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Kidney abnormalities require more research
Abnormalities in the kidneys and their blood vessels occur in at least 25% of healthy individuals, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). While ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Tainted milk shows China's food safety challenges
(AP) -- The resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Obesity -- mild or severe -- raises kidney stone risk
Obesity in general nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, but the degree of obesity doesn't appear to increase or decrease the risk one way or the other, a new study from Johns Hopkins shows.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Popping Bubbles Hold Promise in Cellular Drug Injection
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique that harnesses the power of mighty microscopic bubbles, developed by Duke engineers, can open for a blink of the eye nanometer-sized entries into individual cells.
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Watchdog group makes 2nd push to ban diet pill
(AP) -- For the second time in five years, public health advocates are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban a fat-blocking drug sold over-the counter and via prescription, pointing to new reports of kidney ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 18, 2011 |
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