Calcium oxalate is the most common stone composition including in obese subjects. Numerous factors are involved in the generation of such stones including the amount of oxalate excreted in urine. This ...

T he National Kidney Foundation estimates that one in ten Americans will have a kidney stone at some point in their lives.

The incidence of calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis in the US has ... an individual to the development of nephrolithiasis -- stone-promoting urine chemistries, Randall's plaques, and defects in ...

A case study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examines how one patient’s switch to a carnivore diet increased ...

Researchers confirm that bacteria naturally exist in the urinary tract, influencing kidney stone formation and potentially ...

Margaret Thatcher, the resolute British Prime Minister known as the “Iron Lady” famously said, “You may have to fight a ...

Since nutrient ingestion has been shown to augment urinary calcium excretion in normal subjects, we compared the effect of ingestion of glucose or sucrose on urinary calcium excretion in normal ...

There is increasing evidence that obesity is associated with increased urinary oxalate excretion, an important risk factor for calcium oxalate stone formation ... test whether oxalate stimulates ...