A recent study found one in 10 American men and one in 14 women has had a kidney stone. Being obese or diabetic seems to raise the risk of getting them. Now lasers are becoming the treatment-of-choice for kidney stones in academic medical centers.
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Read the complete post at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/10/160741926/doctors-take-aim-at-epidemic-kidney-stones-with-lasers?ft=1&f=103537970
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Sep 10 2012, 12:27 AM
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