Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 07/15/2008 6:19:08 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Global Warming May Up Kidney Stone Risk: Study Climate Change Could Bump Kidney Stone Rates up by One-Third By DAN CHILDS ABC News Medical Unit
July 15, 2008—
For four years, Sue May of Valdosta, Ga., lived with the pain of four minuscule fragments of stone-hard minerals in her kidney.
And according to May, now 64, an experience with kidney stones is just as painful as it sounds.
"You feel horrible," May says. "When you have this, it's a constant infection, and a lot of pain that goes along with it.
"Sometimes it felt like someone had drilled through my back and into my kidney."
May eventually underwent a 2½-hour procedure to rid herself of the stones. Today she feels much better -- but relief came at a price. The surgery alone cost $20,000.
Now, a study released Monday suggests that as global warming causes temperatures to rise, Americans living in certain areas of the country may suffer from as many as 30 percent more kidney stones by the year 2050 -- and treatment costs for the condition could spike by hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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This has to be a parody......ABC said THIS?
Global Warming causes......kidney stones?
Are they crazy?
Yes, they are crazy.
Certifiable.
If I move from Pittsburgh to Washington DC the average temperature goes up much more than that attributed to globull warming. Does my risk go up then too? Should we make it illegal to retire in Florida to prevent kidney stones?
I wonder if the people who read these stories ever take a step back and see how ridiculous they are?
How would she know what that felt like ?
Might lower the risk, too.
So, what is the point?
Journalism degrees are competing with Education degrees for the most worthless.
I have observed that I have bigger boogers than I did when I was a child in the pre global warming days. I want to apply for my million dollars to do a study.
In Orwell’s “1984”, it was perpetual war. In real life’s 2008, it’s the global warming boogeyman...
Global Warming over the past 20 years has made my hair begin to turn grey, wrinkle my skin, become nearsighted and cause 20 yo hotties to not take a second look at me!!!
I know that it's Global Warming 'cause it wasn't like that in the past!
oh, and Global Warming dented the bumber on my new car.
Next they’ll say Toenail fungus & Vaginal itching are on the rise!!
Global warming actually increases hemorrhoids. All of the people in hot climates love hot food, like chili peppers. Hot fods produce hot s**ts, hence, hemorrhoids.
Wondering if GW has anything to do with my curling toenails?
hahaha...i mean this is just getting more tin hatty by the minute...any second now it will be the reason for all the alien ‘probing’ thats going on
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