by Dr Fredric Coe | Mar 16, 2020 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1530-1569) painted ‘Children’s Games’ in 1560. It resides in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. On the Rise If you read the many reviews that abound (Pediatr Ann. 2017;46(6):e242-e244; Bowen D K Urol Clin N Am 45...
by Dr Fredric Coe and Jill Harris, LPN | Aug 11, 2019 | For Doctors, For Patients
Middle age 45 – 65, not the usual time to form your first kidney stone. The average for new stone onset is 35, with a spread of about 12 years, so by 45 you might think the odds are in your favor. But not always. Sometimes they start late, even into your fifties...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Dec 16, 2018 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists, Uncategorized
The white clouds you can easily see on this human papillum are Randall’s plaque, named for the man who first described them. Stones grow on them. You can find bits of plaque and on such stones where they were once attached. Because plaque forms in and lies in...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Jun 30, 2018 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists, Uncategorized
The web is majestic and grand, but filled with mixtures of good and bad reporting and advice. Here I have picked out of a simple Google search – kidney stones – some sites I can recommend. For these I try to make clear what I see in them as well as...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The most common kind of stone former has no systemic disease as a cause of stones – ‘idiopathic’ stone former means that. Being most common, their treatments rank highest for all physicians who treat stone formers. These articles include the...
