Stay hydrated to ward off kidney stones

Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 01:35 in Health & Medicine

If you need a good reason to stay hydrated this summer, the AUA Foundation has one: being properly hydrated can help you avoid getting a kidney stone. To avoid the pain of kidney stones, which occur when certain substances become concentrated in the urine and form crystals, it is important to drink plenty of fluids...

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