Urologists discuss why kidney stones should be considered “a mainstream public health problem”
“[Kidney stones] really seems like something that we should be devoting significant resources and effort to trying to figure out the root causes and also better treatments and therapies for,” says Jonathan E. Shoag, MD.
Nevo is chief of endourology at University Hospitals Urology Institute and is an assistant professor of urology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Shoag is a urologist at University Hospitals and an assistant professor of urology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
Alkaline water unlikely to prevent kidney stones, study finds
January 11th 2024"While alkaline water products have a higher pH than regular water, they have a negligible alkali content–which suggests that they can't raise urine pH enough to affect the development of kidney and other urinary stones," says Roshan M. Patel, MD.
Microbiome alterations linked to kidney stone formation
December 21st 2023"If the diversity and robust functional potential of the healthy human microbiome is repeatedly assaulted by the average Westernized lifestyle via antibiotic exposure, diet, and other environmental factors, kidney stone prevalence will continue to increase," the authors write.
