One Class of Antidiabetic Linked With Lower Kidney Stone Risk
One class of glucose-lowering agent may help lower the risk of kidney stones in adults with type 2 diabetes, a cohort study suggested. Adults who newly started on an SGLT2 inhibitor had a 31% lower risk of nephrolithiasis compared with those starting on a GLP-1 receptor agonist (HR 0.69, 95% CI 0.67-0.72), found Julie M. […]
Sugar-Heavy Diet Linked to Development of Kidney Stones
A diet high in added sugars may predispose people to developing kidney stones, a nationally representative study suggested. In an analysis of over 28,000 U.S. adults, those who consumed the most energy from added sugars had 39% higher odds of developing kidney stones compared with those who consumed the least amount of added sugars (OR […]
Daily Thiazide No Help in Preventing Recurrent Kidney Stones
A common diuretic wasn’t much help for staving off recurrent kidney stones, the NOSTONE trial showed. Over a median follow-up of 2.9 years, symptomatic or radiologic recurrence of kidney stones occurred in 59% of patients who received hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg once daily) and 59% of those assigned placebo (rate ratio [RR] 1.33, 95% CI 0.92-1.93), […]
Removing Small Asymptomatic Kidney Stones Significantly Reduces Recurrence
Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during endoscopic removal of ureteral or contralateral stones significantly prolonged the time to relapse as compared with leaving the asymptomatic stones behind, a randomized trial showed. The time to relapse averaged about 4.5 years with removal of asymptomatic stones versus about 2.5 years without (P<0.001). The difference represented an 82% […]
Diets higher in calcium and potassium may help prevent recurrent symptomatic kidney stones
Kidney stones can cause not only excruciating pain but also are associated with chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. If you’ve experienced a kidney stone once, you have a 30% chance of having another kidney stone within five years. Changes in diet are often prescribed to prevent recurrent symptomatic kidney stones. However, little research […]