Calcium supplements and kidney stones
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Gary Curchan, MD, Harvard School of Public Health, et al. find "no significant association between the use of [calcium] supplements and the risk of kidney stones" in a study published in the March 25 New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers initiated the study to determine whether a high dietary calcium intake increases the risk of kidney stones. However, study results indicated that high dietary calcium intake "decreases the risk of symptomatic kidney stones".
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