Home Remedy For Kidney Stones
Health Encyclopedia: Kidney Stones Highlights
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Diabetes and Kidney Stones
- New research has linked diabetes to the risk of kidney stones. Scientists reporting in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology found that people with type 2 diabetes have highly acidic urine that can lead to kidney stones, particularly uric acid stones.
- Shock-wave treatment (lithotripsy) for kidney stones may increase one's risk of diabetes later in life. A 2006 study published in the journal Urology found that 17% of patients who received shock-wave ...
Expert & Community Posts
Flomax for Kidney Stones: Can it be Used by Women?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...Can Flomax be prescribed to a female to help pass kidney stones? I am a female patient who has... Read more »
When Your Incontinence Is a Symptom of Something Else
By Jennifer Sobol, D.O. , Health Expert...have overactive bladder and some incontinence is kidney stones. Whenever I tell people this,... Read more »
Health Guide
Topamax (topiramate) and Higher Risk for Kidney Stones
...Southwestern) have completed a study showing that Topamax can increase the propensity for calcium phosphate kidney stones. Although there has been anecdotal evidence of this potential side effect... Read more »Kidney Stones: Medications
...tract and pass out of the body in the urine without being noticed. When they cause symptoms, however, kidney stones have been described as one of the most painful disorders to afflict humans. The... Read more »Kidney Stones: Causes
Kidney stones are one of the most common disorders of the urinary tract. They are an ancient health problem. Evidence of kidney stoneshas been found in an Egyptian mummy estimated to be... Read more »Kidney Stones: Resources
www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov -- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse www.urologyhealth.org -- American Urological Associationwww.kidney.org -- National Kidney... Read more »Kidney Stones: Introduction
Kidney stones are hard, solidrocks that form in the urinary tract. They areone of the most painful ailments. In many cases, the stones are very small and can pass out of the body without... Read more »Images
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Topamax increases kidney-stone risk
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Kidney-stone treatment linked to increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes
October 02, 2008A Mayo Clinic study of 630 people who received a shock-wave treatment called lithotripsy to break up kidney stones has found that patients had a... Read summary »
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Q&A: Gingersnaps may treat constipation
October 02, 2008For patients who suffer from chronic constipation, home remedies can be helpful and effective treatments. Dr. Peter Gott offers a few constipation... Read summary »
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