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Climate change increases risk of kidney stones
2014-07-12 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tech Times: There is an increase in the number of people seeking medical treatment for kidney stones as climate change worsens, says a new study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The researchers discovered a connection between the presence of hot days and the detection of kidney stones that affected 60,000 people in many cities in the U.S. found to have varying climates. "We found that as daily temperatures rise, there is...
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