MORE KIDNEY STONE DISEASE PROJECTED DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING, RESEARCHERS PREDICT
July 14, 2008
July 14, 2008
DALLAS, July 14 -- The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Dallas have found.
Dehydration is one of the risk factors linked to kidney-stone disease, and the paper sugg . . .
Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Dallas have found.
Dehydration is one of the risk factors linked to kidney-stone disease, and the paper sugg . . .