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Vitamin C supplements linked to kidney stones, Swedish study finds
- Date:
- February 5, 2013
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- Karolinska Institutet
- Summary:
- New research from Sweden shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones.
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New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones. The study, which is published in the scientific periodical JAMA Internal Medicine, did not however observe an increased risk between kidney stones and multivitamins -- which contain lower concentrations of vitamin C.
Journal Reference:
- Laura D K Thomas, Carl-Gustaf Elinder, Hans-Göran Tiselius, Alicja Wolk, Agneta Åkesson. Ascorbic Acid Supplements and Kidney Stone Incidence Among Men: A Prospective Study. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2296
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