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Riding a roller coaster may help patients to break up and pass kidney stones:
When you're trying to pass a kidney stone, you're probably not thinking, in your cloud of agony, "Darn it! I should have ridden a roller coaster." And yet a new study suggests doing just that. According to research published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association [open, DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.2016.128] [DX], the bump and jolt of a roller coaster may actually help bump and jolt small kidney stones right through your system.
Dr. David Wartinger is one of the researchers who led the study, which involved bringing a silicone model packed with kidney stones and urine on Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride. Yes, it is as fascinating as it sounds. Wartinger, an osteopathic urological surgeon and professor at Michigan State University, said he got the idea from a patient who said he passed three kidney stones while riding the Orlando coaster. "It's hard to ignore that kind of a story, no matter how much of a cynic you are," Wartinger said. To be fair, you can't pin this one on Disney magic. "We have been hearing stories for years from people who went on vacation, gone to amusement parks, and ended up passing a kidney stone," he said.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @05:17PM
The only reason we don't have lead in gasoline is because it's politically correct now to pretend it causes health problems.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @05:22PM
I got some water from Flint, care to raise your kid on it?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @07:44PM
It seems clear to me that GP's familial line -already- has reduced brain function--perhaps due to lead.
...then again, it could be genetic.
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(Score: 1) by Francis on Sunday October 02 2016, @01:55AM
To be fair, that's not because there was leaded gasoline being burned, it was the lead paint chips when the family mistook them for potato chips.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 01 2016, @07:29PM
What did the chemist consume for food and energy?
Pb and J.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Sunday October 02 2016, @01:52AM
The only reason we don't have lead in the gas is because we decided to stop putting it in gas as an anti-knock agent.