More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global Warming

sciencedaily ^ | 07/15/08 | somenut

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(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.

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Thanks for the definitions.

Mad Cow... isn’t that the disease of choice for Denny Crane?

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Beam me to Planet Gore !