Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 22:00
Drinking a can of soda or other sugary drink a day could increase the risk of kidney stones by nearly a quarter, a new US study finds.
The study, published Wednesday in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, finds that drinking sugar-sweetened drinks makes the painful stones more likely to develop.However, other drinks -- such as coffee, tea and orange juice -- reduced the risk, the research by Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital suggests.
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