Kidney stones are small, painful clumps of minerals that form in your urinary tract. To avoid them, it's important to understand the causes. In fact, your genetics play a big role in whether or not ...

Calcinosis cutis is a condition where calcium salts are deposited in your skin. It can happen for a variety of reasons, and it often presents differently in different cases. Idiopathic. This type ...

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that sodium intake increases kidney stone risk. I thought kidneys filtered out serum calcium, meaning calcium intake causes calcium oxalate stones. As someone who ...

If you walk down the beverage aisle in the grocery store, you may notice sparkling water has taken up more shelf space than five to ten years ago. Both flavored and unflavored sparkling water are ...

Here's what kidney stones are, what causes them and how you can expect to have them treated if they affect you or someone you ...

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There are more than 200 bones in our body, and they serve many roles, like providing structural support and protecting our organs. So what can we eat to help keep our bones healthy? Milk, cheese, ...

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only ...

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