India, May 1 -- People who get painful kidney stones again and again are usually told to drink more water to stop them from forming. To test if this really helps, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic conducted a large study.
"Kidney stone disease is a chronic condition, punctuated by unpredictable, sometimes excruciatingly painful episodes that can disrupt work, sleep, productivity and life in general," explained first author Alana Desai.
The study, led by the Urinary Stone Disease Research Network and co-ordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute, followed 1,658 teens and adults from six major U.S. hospitals for two years.
Participants were split into two groups. One got standard care, while the other joined a program to help them...