Kidney Stones

[Rajab Al Zarahni]

Having suffered a lifelong history of kidney stones I thought that some of you with a similar medical history might find the following article of interest:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2582037/Bilateral-simultaneous-ureteroscopy-means-medics-remove-kidney-stones-patients-just-one-procedure.html

[thepool]

Sorry to hear about your lifelong problems.

Regretfully the DM cannot be regarded as a source of reliable medical knowledge/information..

Find some scientific, peer reviewed studies , published in a respected scientific journal and there may be some justifiable interest .

Tabloid story's unfortunately are just entertainment for the masses.

[Rajab Al Zarahni]

Sorry to hear about your lifelong problems.

Regretfully the DM cannot be regarded as a source of reliable medical knowledge/information..

Find some scientific, peer reviewed studies , published in a respected scientific journal and there may be some justifiable interest .

Tabloid story's unfortunately are just entertainment for the masses.

Generally I would agree with you but its not all astrology. in this case a consultant urological surgeon is speaking about developments in his own field of expertise.

[Mrjlh]

Probably the treatment is not in Thailand yet but you might take a look at this article also.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/10/160741926/doctors-take-aim-at-epidemic-kidney-stones-with-lasers

[Rajab Al Zarahni]

Probably the treatment is not in Thailand yet but you might take a look at this article also.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/10/160741926/doctors-take-aim-at-epidemic-kidney-stones-with-lasers

An interesting article which confirms the recent wisdom that higher dietry calcium actually protects against the formation of calcium oxalate stones by binding oxalates . For years I was advised to eat a low calcium diet and to avoid foods high in oxalates. Now we are told to eat a high calcium diet and that dietry oxalate intake has no correlation with the oxalate levels in urine. Is it any wonder that so many patients developed further stones !

[ginglee]

Lime juice....

[Sheryl]

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