Report Global warming may increase kidney stones

[The Helper]

More Americans are likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of Texas.

Kidney stones, which are formed from dissolved minerals in the urine and can be extremely painful, are often caused by caused by dehydration, either by not drinking enough liquid or losing too much due to high heat conditions.

If global warming trends continue as projected by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007, the United States can expect as much as a 30 percent growth in kidney stone disease in some of its driest areas, said the findings published in Monday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The increased incidence of disease would represent between 1.6 million and 2.2 million cases by 2050, costing the US economy as much as one billion dollars in treatment costs.

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[Crusher]

Well,Quite interesting story you got there! :thup:

I read the whole thing,Just great Lol.

Well,Global Warming is one of the Most Dangerous Human Enemy in future!
Imagine if Antartica Fully melt down!That will cause about water to raise 20 meters,and About 90% World will be full in Water!

 

[Asehujiko]

Well,Quite interesting story you got there! :thup:

I read the whole thing,Just great Lol.

Well,Global Warming is one of the Most Dangerous Human Enemy in future!
Imagine if Antartica Fully melt down!That will cause about water to raise 20 meters,and About 90% World will be full in Water!

Funny fact: we don't have enough fossil fuel left to melt even half that.

 

[Dan]

You know... Global warming has been completely blown out of proportion by politicians who are trying to create an issue so that they can say they defend it...Democrats... not to be offensive but please SOMEBODY watch "BullSh!t" by Pen and Teller. Global warming is a trend... but it won't end the world.

The world didn't end in Y2K and it won't end anytime soon...

 

[Lunarios]

I can't believe how retarded this article is. Its not like this will be all that serious- to prevent, you listen to your instincts and drink more water. How hard can it be!

No matter how serious global warming is, it is a trend, it is slow. Single Digit Degree changes happen over a period of decades!

 

[FireCat]

Yes dan
they blame the global warming almost on evrything, but why they bring up how much it cost? I wonder. Climate cant be same forever how much they want it. how about they look if the people have enough of liquid to drink first.

 

[Crusher]

I can't believe how retarded this article is. Its not like this will be all that serious- to prevent, you listen to your instincts and drink more water. How hard can it be!

No matter how serious global warming is, it is a trend, it is slow. Single Digit Degree changes happen over a period of decades!

We can drink then Whole Silent Ocean?xD

 

[Seb!]

I think it's easier to say stuff like that if you have no idea what you're talking about..

National and international science academies and professional societies have assessed the current scientific opinion on climate change, in particular recent global warming. These assessments have largely followed or endorsed the IPCC position that "An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system... There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities."

Here

 

[Lunarios]

I remember a quote from NPR.

"The reason Global Warming is so dangerous is not that it is a fast, deadly, and potent force. It is in fact, dangerous, for precisely the opposite reasons."

 

[FireCat]

On Wikipedia always someone can change the text, so I can't say I really trust what it says there. But little it is people's fault cant say is so much. But the climate always be changed what ever someone try to do. "Asehujiko" post something good on another thread

The first ice age killed off over 50% of the planet's animal population and i'd hardly attribute that to global warming

It is same what happens now the climate changes. maybe little to fast. But the global warming not give people kidney stones, it sounds wierd. is same thing when they begin to say we get cancer of all feasible things. It begin be so annyoing when they do.

 

[Cilla]

I can't believe how retarded this article is. Its not like this will be all that serious- to prevent, you listen to your instincts and drink more water. How hard can it be!

No matter how serious global warming is, it is a trend, it is slow. Single Digit Degree changes happen over a period of decades!

Yes Lunarios,
I kinda thought the same, even if this will be the truth,
it's just such a tiny minor thing global warming causes.

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The first ice age killed off over 50% of the planet's animal population and i'd hardly attribute that to global warming

Scientists( - atleast some ) say that( man-made) global warming will force the next iceage to come far sooner.

 

[Dan]

I think it's easier to say stuff like that if you have no idea what you're talking about..

I know exactly what I'm talking about. People seem to forget that scientists are not A UNITED LEAGUE OF DEFENDERS. There are scientists working on things all over the place with DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. Just because one scientist says they found something that supports a hypothesis (which doesn't mean their hypothesis predicted imminant death) doesn't mean that that is the answer. There are so many counter claims to global warming hysteria. But you wouldn't know that, would you? Global warming is truth, that it is humanities fault is not proven and if you ask me is kind of just playing into our big eagos. "We are human and must be the cuase of everything because we have so much power"... give me a break. I'll give it a possibility, but the hard truth is that the dinosaurs weren't driving cars around and causing their own ice age...

I'm an eagle scout and have hiked all over this dang world and I love the outdoors more than most people but I don't give into global warming hysteria. It's just not right to control the minds of millions with threats of doom. Do you see what the right media-exposed scientists and politicians can make come about with a little scare tactics?

Fun Fact: one of the founding members of Green Peace is against global warming hysteria.

 

[PooBucket]

Seriously, global warming is dangerous I agree. But... why on earth are you worried about kidney stones when global warming is going out of control? More cancers and things will occur, and you think about bloody kidney stones? That problem is easily fixed, drink water, you live, don't drink, you die. That is a choice and fact. And kidney stones are exactly like that. Cancer, right now, nobody knows how to fix it, but one way to escape it is, sun safety and don't smoke.

Stop threatening with these retarded issues. It's easily fixed. No water? Get some, or if none in the region? HELP THEM! DON'T PANIC WITH DEATH ISSUES CAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS SLOWER! These scientists are so pessimistic. Hope they die from their idea too. I mean, we have scientists WORKING ON THIS ISSUE! I have complete faith that this could be stopped, and anyway, electricity is going to like run out in a century, our whole 90% cause of global warming is dead, unless you find another way to generate electrictiy. Also, what is the ******* use of finding out the world will end? How will that help? It just makes worry and confusion. Only one thing good is, we know if we don't start, we'll be saying, goodbye world.

STOP YOUR PESSIMISM! RAWR! (Might be bit too much, but this is my opinion, neither right nor wrong in my opinion, yet that opinion is neither right nor wrong, and neither is that. When will I end? XD)

 

[Lunarios]

I know exactly what I'm talking about. People seem to forget that scientists are not A UNITED LEAGUE OF DEFENDERS. There are scientists working on things all over the place with DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. Just because one scientist says they found something that supports a hypothesis (which doesn't mean their hypothesis predicted imminant death) doesn't mean that that is the answer. There are so many counter claims to global warming hysteria. But you wouldn't know that, would you? Global warming is truth, that it is humanities fault is not proven and if you ask me is kind of just playing into our big eagos. "We are human and must be the cuase of everything because we have so much power"... give me a break. I'll give it a possibility, but the hard truth is that the dinosaurs weren't driving cars around and causing their own ice age...

I'm an eagle scout and have hiked all over this dang world and I love the outdoors more than most people but I don't give into global warming hysteria. It's just not right to control the minds of millions with threats of doom. Do you see what the right media-exposed scientists and politicians can make come about with a little scare tactics?

Fun Fact: one of the founding members of Green Peace is against global warming hysteria.

1. A lot of scientists have reached that conclusion, and since all scientists reach different conclusions, to quote, then this must be quite the case.

2.We are a big factor on Earth. As you've said, the dinosaurs never had cars. 6,707,000,000 humans. By just being humans we can have a significant impact on the Globe. If we add on Industrialism, then of course we can have a significant impact.

And, you've never mentioned what happens if the threats are true.


Electricity will not run out in a century. Maybe easy electricity, but Nuclear Power and Geothermal power are a lot more efficient, and a lot longer lasting, then their fossil fuel counterparts.

 

[Seb!]

Yes, we can hide behind technology but there are billions of people who don't even have running water and will die (if) global warming's effects prove harmful in the next century.

 

[Dan]

Unfortunately there is nothing that that many humans can do to significantly reduce their impact on the planet... Of course if everyone rationed everything... but it's just like when Al Gore goes and turns on his electricity eating home after giving a speach about turning your lights off and watering less... no one will ever live by all these dumb rules because it is in human interest to use what you got and take what you can.

Global Warming is on the scientists if it is on ANYONE. Hydrogen cars... MAKE THEM. affordability will take 20 years but large changes in how things are made will change how humanity "threatens" the planet. Other new technology will reduce our impact too, like solar energy in place of nuclear energy or whatever.

Fortunately it is in the best interest of humanity to find clean energy simply because it is CHEAPER. and when we start doing things more efficiently, and people buy these new cheap cars then THAT will reduce a huge amount of greenhouse gasses, not everyone turning their lights off at eight. (cause nobody will).

 

[esb]

Global Warming, to me, is simply stupid.

IF the government gave 2 cents about the Global warming issue, something could/would be done IMMEDIATELY.

 

[Ninva]

Blaaaaaah. Kidney stones aren't fun.

 

[TheDamien]

I know exactly what I'm talking about. People seem to forget that scientists are not A UNITED LEAGUE OF DEFENDERS. There are scientists working on things all over the place with DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS.

Which makes it even more significant that the overwhelming majority of scientists at least partially attribute recent warming to human activity.

Just because one scientist says they found something that supports a hypothesis (which doesn't mean their hypothesis predicted imminant death) doesn't mean that that is the answer. There are so many counter claims to global warming hysteria. But you wouldn't know that, would you?

It doesn't matter how many counter claims there are if they are all full of crap.

Global warming is truth, that it is humanities fault is not proven

That a significant part of it is humanities "fault" is sufficiently established.

and if you ask me is kind of just playing into our big eagos. "We are human and must be the cuase of everything because we have so much power"... give me a break.

So you're dismissing it on the grounds of the faulty reasoning that you have invented on the spot and then attributed to the people you disagree with?

I'm an eagle scout and have hiked all over this dang world and I love the outdoors more than most people but I don't give into global warming hysteria. It's just not right to control the minds of millions with threats of doom. Do you see what the right media-exposed scientists and politicians can make come about with a little scare tactics?

Controlling minds..? Are you for real? I doubt that you would you be as vehemently skeptical if it weren't for the hysteria (I'm not going to deny that it exists) and sensationalism, so how can you prove that others have been influenced to a greater extent than yourself? By this criterion, minds (including mine and yours) are being "controlled" every day.

Fun Fact: one of the founding members of Green Peace is against global warming hysteria.

Yet one of Greenpeace's primary goals is to combat climate change, so what are you trying to prove with this?