Actionsets help people take an active role in managing a health condition.  Diet to prevent kidney stones

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After you have had kidney stones, you are likely to have them again. You can help prevent them by drinking more fluids and eating the right foods. Not drinking enough fluids can cause the minerals and other things in the urine to stick together and form a stone. Too much of some foods can also lead to kidney stones.

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Author: Douglas Dana
Monica Rhodes
Last Updated: July 13, 2007
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC - Urology

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