by Dr Fredric Coe | Dec 26, 2020 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
The title is my story’s conclusion. We know that calcium phosphate crystals in plaque, plugs, and the vast majority of stones are hydroxyapatite, yet when we measure supersaturation with respect to calcium phosphate we measure that for brushite, the pretty...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Nov 21, 2020 | Site Logic
This entire site concerns the science from which we have derived what we offer to patients for prevention of kidney stones. Every article rests on a base of established and peer reviewed science. We Have Always Had a Science Page For years I have posted articles about...
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...
