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    20-Year Rate for Kidney Stones Increased in Children, Adolescents, Females, Blacks

    February 5, 2016

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of kidney stones have increased substantially over the past 20 years, particularly among children, adolescents, females, and blacks, according to a population-based study in South Carolina. Historically, the highest rates of kidney stone disease have been in midd

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    Stent Thrombosis Risk Linked to Bioresorbable Scaffold

    December 8, 2015

    NEW YORK - Restenosis rates are similar one year after implantation of an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold or an everolimus-eluting metallic stent, but the scaffold has a higher risk of device thrombosis within 30 days, a new meta-analysis shows. The meta-analysis suggests that