by Dr Fredric Coe | Dec 1, 2018 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
In other articles I have reviewed evidence associating kidney stones with high blood pressure and kidney disease. One might well extrapolate from these two associations that stone forming will also associate with vascular complications such as stroke and myocardial...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Aug 12, 2018 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
The title accurately reflects the pragmatic value of the new research I review here. This work shows, for the first time, how one can use urine supersaturation measurements as an estimate of kidney stone risk. It also tests more rigorously than any study to date the...
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 | May 11, 2018 | CASES, For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
Bariatric surgeries can injure kidneys by raising urine oxalate excretion. This latter causes kidney stones, and raises risk of acute and chronic oxalate nephropathy. Overall, their benefits far outweigh these risks, especially when patients and physicians take proper...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Feb 15, 2018 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
Gary Curhan and Eric Taylor have given us many insights into how diet might influence kidney stone risk. I think this new article by them and their colleagues a great opportunity for close reading and practical use of a high quality research paper remarkably germane...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Jan 2, 2018 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
Unfortunately producing stones means higher risk of hypertension and kidney disease. But most of the diet changes and even first line medications for stone prevention also lower blood pressure. Here is how that works. The featured painting, Vincent Van Gogh, The...