More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global Warming

sciencedaily ^ | 07/15/08 | somenut

[TornadoAlley3]

(July 15, 2008) — 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 suggests global warming will exacerbate this effect. The researchers predict that by 2050, higher temperatures will cause an additional 1.6 million to 2.2 million kidney-stone cases, representing up to a 30 percent growth in some areas.

[Hilltop]

I respect your devotion to the purity of worry. Most people simply worry, mere amateurs.

You are a professional worrier.

Now I’m worried that you might be a better worrier than I.

[dighton]

None of that is scary compared to talking squid.

;-)

[sobieski]

Everything and Anything attributed to global warming.

[DJ MacWoW]

I was just reading some satire and came across this. The satire was more believable.

[Dahoser]

This is like a bad comedy routine. Who believes this stuff?

Um, these two clymers for starters:

[Son House]

Just keep pacing the floor and peeing, it took me 6 hours for the first move, and 36 hours later it cleared the bank, emergency room wasn’t an option, Mr. Bladder had to stay near the throne. 3X (the pain of diarrhea), nausea, vomiting, hang in there Troops...calcium octate(sp), not global warming.

[Calamari]

"What is BSE nvCJD?

BSE: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

nvCJD: New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

Mad Cow disease.

[Calamari]

Actually typing squid.

[dighton]

True, the scariest type.

[Calamari]

"Would you consider adding, “CFLs, the breakage of same and the biohazard aftermath” to your list?" As soon as I see that as the headline in an article posted on Free Republic

[Hilltop]

I’m worried again. Squid is slick, like Hussein Obama.

[Calamari]

Lacks the ears of Obama.

[Hilltop]

Now squid have lost their ears. The blame, I’m sure is due to global warming.

I’m really worried about the fate of squid. I’m going to forego calamari and choose octopus sushi.

After all, octopi is all about suckers, as is the campaign of Hussein Obama.

[Calamari]

Never had ears to lose.

I think you're on the right track about octopi, suckers and the Obama campaign.

[Jo Nuvark]

Tony Snow would have told
them their hair was on fire!

Move over Chuck Norris...

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Why is some nut reading Science Daily?

[happygrl]

Why don't they just quit wearing belts?

Duh...

[Stentor]

My backside itches

I find dragging it on the carpet brings temporary relief.

[beckysueb]

Guess they haven’t heard about the coming global cooling yet.

[Arrowhead1952]

I’ve been looking for this and finally found it.