When tests show there is a kidney stone, the next step is to determine treatment. Patients who have severe pain, vomiting, fever, or symptoms of infection should be evaluated and treated in the emergency room.
Strong opioid painkillers are often required for a severe kidney stone attack. However, doctors will usually not give such drugs until they confirm the presence of a kidney stone on an x-ray.
In about 85% of patients, the kidney stones...
Read moreThe holiday season is just around the corner - a time of year when it becomes very difficult to make healthy eating choices. However,... Read more »
I am one week into the elimination diet that I promised myself and all of you in my last blog. I have had absolutely no gluten, dairy or... Read more »
There is pain in MS. This series of articles has discussed that pain -- Neuropathic, Musculoskeletal, Tertiary, and MS Plus. Once the fact... Read more »
Can what you eat help prevent (or promote) breast cancer? Yes… probably, but exactly how is not yet clear. How do we make sense of all... Read more »
It is an all too common experience for women to suffer from a yeast infection at some point during your lifetime. The National Women's... Read more »