by Dr Fredric Coe | Jan 13, 2023 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
Long age, physicians gave calcium kidney stone formers oral phosphate supplements to reduce urine calcium and kidney stone production. But trials were small and informal, so when a single and excellent trial showed lack of benefit our generation left phosphate by the...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Dec 24, 2022 | For Patients, For Scientists, How Kidneys Function
Not rarely patients and readers on this site ask about vitamin D supplements and whether they raise the risk for kidney stones or reduce risk for bone fractures. This article is about the first question. In pursuit of the answer, I would like to share with you how one...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Oct 11, 2022 | For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists, How Kidneys Function, Uncategorized
A Free New Book About Kidney Stones Here is a download link for the book Here is a brief video that walks you through the book Why Another Book? It has long been my impression that discussion of kidney stone formation arises less out of the rich detail of kidney...
by Dr Fredric Coe | May 26, 2017 | Book
Among the thousands of comments on this site, this one theme rings out. Patients Are Confused Many patients just have no idea about what to do. They suffer from confusion. They have stones, one or many. Surgeries occur, or not. CT scans show this number of stones, or...
by Dr Fredric Coe | May 25, 2017 | Book
Phenotype is a medical term physicians use to identify groups of patients who share diagnoses and treatments in common. Although every kidney stone former has unique traits that need attention, they can be grouped into phenotypes for which certain general treatment...
