Study: Exercise cuts kidney stone risk
Women have another reason to exercise. It may help prevent kidney stones. You don’t have to break a sweat or be a super athlete, either. Even walking for a couple hours a week can cut the risk of...
View ArticleSoda & Stones
Drinking more fluids is thought to prevent kidney stones. But that may not apply to sugar-sweetened soda. Researchers tracked more than 194,000 people for roughly 8 years. Those who drank at least one...
View ArticlePreventing Kidney Stones
The best way is to drink plenty of fluids–six to eight glasses a day–to ensure that you produce at least a liter of dilute (pale) urine each day. Urinating less than that encourages the formation of...
View ArticleExercise Reduces Risk For Kidney Stones
Recent finding: Active postmenopausal women were 16% to 31% less likely than sedentary women to develop kidney stones over an eight year period. Maximum effects were found at the equivalent of three...
View ArticlePrevent The Return Of Kidney Stones
Within 5 years up to 50 percent of men and women who had a kidney stone will develop another one. That’s according to the American College of Physicians, which also says that drinking enough fluids to...
View ArticleHelp Prevent Kidney Stones
Sipping 4 ounces of pure lemon juice per day (or 32 ounces of prepared sugar-free lemonade) may cut the risk of a return of two common types of kidney stones–calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate...
View ArticleBe Kind to Your Kidneys
Kidney stones are most common in summer. To protect yourself from this painful condition, keep drinking throughout the day. Sugar-free lemonade can be especially helpful. Sugar-sweetened colas can make...
View Article5 Steps to Fewer Kidney Stones
If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, odds are you won’t forget how much it hurt. After tracking roughly 192,000 people for about 11 years, researchers came up with five factors that account for half the...
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