Dietary Factors and the Risk of Incident Kidney Stones in Younger Women It is funny how, for many years, patients who have had kidney stones were told to avoid calcium intake (both in food and supplemental). This has never really matched what we would assume from knowledge of physiology. Rather, an environment in the kidney […]
Gradient Between Long-Term Arsenic Exposure & Atherosclerosis Too many times heavy metals are overlooked as a potential contributor to human disease, and yet many, many times they may play a large factor. A few years back I ran a hair analysis on an elderly patient for some paresthesias that I was not convinced were coming […]
Sodium intake affects urinary albumin excretion especially in overweight subjects I have to admit, that I have usually told patients that sodium intake is really not as important as most believe it is (with the exception of processed foods–which are generally higher in sodium). There seems to be only a small percentage of the population […]
N-Acetylcysteine for the Prevention of Contrast-induced Nephropathy Remember that NAC exerts one of its main actions by increasing the amount of available glutathione, and that glutathione is one of the body’s more potent antioxidant molecules as well as a major participant in detoxification. This was a review and meta-analysis of several studies, with the consensus being […]
Every female patient I have had that has had both kidney stones and kids all agree that childbirth was easier. This is likely because childbirth is a natural phenomena and the body has mechanisms in place to deal with the pain. Not so with kidney stones. Because of this, it is obviously easier to prevent […]
