Background In older women and men, greater intakes of dietary calcium, potassium, and
total fluid reduce the risk of kidney stone formation, while supplemental calcium, sodium …

Objective To compare dietary factors between incident symptomatic stone formers and
controls, and among the incident stone formers, to determine whether dietary factors were …

Kidney stones develop more frequently in individuals with a family history of kidney stones
than in those without a family history; however, little information is available regarding …

Abstract Background and Purpose: Cadmium exposure has been associated with a greater
risk of kidney stone formation in occupational exposure studies, but data on such an …

Background: A report of a small increase in kidney stone risk in the calcium treatment arm of
the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) led to a reduction in US calcium supplement sales …

The objective of this study is to evaluate the conventional dietary recommendations for stone
prevention among patients in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey …

Calcium homeostasis is a complicated and incompletely understood process that is primarily
regulated through an interaction between the intestines, kidneys, and bones. Intestinal …

PURPOSE: Zinc is a common dietary supplement that is widely believed to have beneficial
health effects. To assess the impact of high dose supplemental zinc on genitourinary …

Background Renal stones in children, although rare, may be associated with morbidity and
renal damage. Scottish children have a different ethnic composition and diet compared with …

Objectives: The different susceptibility to renal stone disease of white and black people has
been previously explained in terms of intrinsic (genetics) and extrinsic (diet, lifestyle) factors …