Kidney Stone Risk Rising?

Whether or not you believe in global warming as a problem, temperatures have gotten hotter in the last hundred years and it is expected to continue for the next hundred. As temps rise, so does the chances of more dehydration and more kidney stones as a result. Look at the chart at https://www.pnas.org/content/105/28/9841 where the relative risk across the country is laid out in colored detail.

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