KIDNEY STONES NEWS FROM ACROSS THE INTERNET UPDATED
11 Mar 2010 at 8:29pm
by ScienceDaily Headlines
11 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm
Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research suggests. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
by Health News from Medical News Today
11 Mar 2010 at 10:00am
Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators suggests. A new study, published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology, found that some of these urinary changes place weight-loss surgery patients at higher risk for developing kidney stones than obese patients who do not undergo the procedure. For the study, researchers collected urine samples from 38 study participants. There were 16 women and three men in each of two groups… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
by NaturalNews.com
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00am
(NaturalNews) For years, advocates of natural health have been hammering away at the message that soda causes diabetes and obesity. The soda industry, meanwhile, has remained in denial mode, mirroring the ridiculous position of the tobacco industry that “nicotine is not addictive.” Soda doesn’t cause diabetes, the industry claims, and it’s perfectly safe to consume in essentially unlimited quantities.The Corn Refiners Association has joined the denial with its own spin campaign that seeks to convince people High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is totally natural and completely harmless. HFCS is, of course, the primary sweetener used in sodas and soft drinks.Now comes new research presented at the American Heart Association’s Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention annual conference i…
by EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health
10 Mar 2010 at 4:00am
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators suggests. (Source: EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health)
by Modern Medicine
9 Mar 2010 at 1:53pm
Obesity nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, although the degree of obesity does not
appear to increase or decrease the risk, according to a recent study from Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore. (Source: Modern Medicine)
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by Medscape Nephrology Headlines
5 Mar 2010 at 3:44pm
Kidney stones linked to melamine-tainted infant milk formula can usually be managed conservatively, Chinese authors report. For infants with renal failure, hemodialysis without surgery was usually adequate. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Nephrology Headlines)
by Diagnostic Imaging
5 Mar 2010 at 11:00am
CT protocols used by researchers at Loma Linda University decreased radiation dose up to 95% when de-tecting distal ureteral calculi. (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
by NYT
2 Mar 2010 at 4:36am
Can drinking more citrus juices prevent kidney stones? (Source: NYT)
by Johns Hopkins Medicine News
18 Feb 2010 at 2:26pm
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. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
by Health News from Medical News Today
18 Feb 2010 at 7:00am
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. “The common thinking was that as weight rises, kidney stone risk rises as well, but our study refutes that,” says study leader Brian R. Matlaga, assistant professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of stone diseases and ambulatory care at Hopkins’ James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
by ScienceDaily Headlines
18 Feb 2010 at 6:00am
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 shows. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
by Medscape Diabetes Headlines
17 Feb 2010 at 3:59pm
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery might increase patients’ risk for kidney stones, researchers report in the March Journal of Urology. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
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by NaturalNews.com
12 Feb 2010 at 6:00am
(NaturalNews) It also seems too simple: In order to achieve lasting health, simply stop making disease. But the concept is foreign to most people: Making disease? Why would I be making disease?Mainstream consumers, you see, have been trained by the medical industry to believe that disease strikes spontaneously, without any real cause. One day you have nothing wrong with you, and then suddenly the next day you’re diagnosed with a breast cancer tumor. Shazam! It happens just like being struck by lightning… (and it’s not your fault, you’re told — there’s nothing you could have done about it…)That’s what they want you to believe, anyway. But the truth is very different: All the most common degenerative diseases — cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, etc. — take many years to gr…
by NaturalNews.com
9 Feb 2010 at 6:00am
(NaturalNews) A 14-year study of 60,000 people in Singapore found that those who consume two or more sweetened soft drinks per week have an 87 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer.Published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, the study was led by Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota who said, “The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth.”Nearly 38,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States each year, and over 34,000 die from the disease each year. This research points to what may be the common culprit of all those preventable deaths: Sugary soft drink consumption.Poison in a canNaturalNews has warned readers for years ab…
by American Journal of Epidemiology
5 Feb 2010 at 12:09am
Recent evidence suggests that gallstones and kidney stones are associated with insulin resistance, but the relation between stone diseases and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus is not clear. Participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam Study (Potsdam, Germany) provided information about the presence of gallstones and kidney stones at recruitment between 1994 and 1998. On biennial questionnaires, participants reported newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, and confirmation was obtained from treating physicians. During a mean follow-up period of 7.0 years between 1994 and 2005, 849 incident cases of type 2 diabetes were identified among 25,166 participants. After adjustment for sex, age, waist circumference, and lifestyle ri…
by Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
2 Feb 2010 at 3:01am
(Source: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine)
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by The Journal of Urology
20 Jan 2010 at 11:00pm
Purpose: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is associated with an increased risk of nephrolithiasis but obesity itself is a known risk factor for kidney stones. To assess the mechanism(s) predisposing to nephrolithiasis after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass we compared urinary tract stone risk profiles in patients who underwent the procedure and normal obese individuals.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study urine and serum biochemistry was evaluated in 19 nonstone forming patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and in 19 gender, age and body mass index matched obese controls without a history of nephrolithiasis.Results: Compared with obese controls surgical patients had significantly higher mean ± SD urine oxalate (45 ± 21 vs 30 ± 11 mg daily, p = 0.01) and lower urine citrate (35…
by Am J Epidemiol
19 Jan 2010 at 11:00pm
Authors: Weikert C, Weikert S, Schulze MB, Pischon T, Fritsche A, Bergmann MM, Willich SN, Boeing H
Recent evidence suggests that gallstones and kidney stones are associated with insulin resistance, but the relation between stone diseases and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus is not clear. Participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam Study (Potsdam, Germany) provided information about the presence of gallstones and kidney stones at recruitment between 1994 and 1998. On biennial questionnaires, participants reported newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, and confirmation was obtained from treating physicians. During a mean follow-up period of 7.0 years between 1994 and 2005, 849 incident cases of type 2 diabetes were id…
by Reuters: Health
18 Jan 2010 at 8:21pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obese people are more likely to develop kidney stones than normal weight individuals, but severe obesity doesn’t seem to further increase risk, research in the Journal of Urology shows. (Source: Reuters: Health)
by MedlinePlus Health News
18 Jan 2010 at 8:21pm
Obese people are more likely to develop kidney stones than normal weight individuals, but severe obesity doesn’t seem to further increase risk, research in the Journal of Urology shows. Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Kidney Stones, Obesity (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
by MedlinePlus Health News
14 Jan 2010 at 9:00pm
One-quarter of potential donors had kidney stones, scarring or other problems, study finds Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Topics: CT Scans, Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplantation (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
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by Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
13 Jan 2010 at 11:00pm
CONCLUSIONS: Incidental radiographic abnormalities of the renal arteries and kidneys are common. The majority of imaging findings are not perceived to be harmful enough to prevent kidney donation, but future studies are needed to determine their clinical relevance.
PMID: 20089492 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN)
by Clinical Cases and Images
11 Jan 2010 at 12:42pm
is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day:
Did Mona Lisa Suffer From High Cholesterol and Michelangelo from kidney stones? Art historians speculate in TIME http://bit.ly/70XZAk — What?s behind the Mona Lisa?s enigmatic expression? The Mona Lisa Diet: High Cholesterol = Bucolic Smile? http://bit.ly/7RQ40O
12 Tips on Tattoo Removal from Cleveland Clinic http://bit.ly/7OyFyk
Physical Activity Data in Wolfram|Alpha – Estimate energy burned by running a specific distance in a given time http://bit.ly/6Z5oxY
Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ http://bit.ly/4TduGZ – Check the interactive transcript (right sidebar). A Blue Zone i…
by The Poison Review
1 Jan 2010 at 10:17pm
The New York Times reports today that the Shanghai Panda Dairy Company has been closed and three of its executives arrested by authorities in China after some of their products tested positive for melamine contamination. Melamine, an industrial chemical, is sometimes added illegally to food products to increase nitrogen content and cause quality control tests to reflect misleading high protein concentrations. Ingestion of melamine can cause crystal formation in the urine, kidney stones, and renal failure. For my column of melamine in Emergency Medicine News, click here. (Source: The Poison Review)
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