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Will a warmer climate mean more kidney stones?

2014-07-10 09:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Medical Press: Add another possible woe to the growing list of consequences of climate change: Kidney stones. A new study of American cities suggests that rising temperatures may increase the number of people who develop the painful urinary obstructions. "These findings point to potential public health effects associated with global climate change," study leader Dr. Gregory Tasian, a pediatric urologist and epidemiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a hospital news release. His...

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