Prostate drug offers new relief for kidney stone suffers

(Emergency Medicine Foundation (Australia)) A drug used to treat prostate cancer has been shown to also help treat kidney stones. The drug was trialled across several Australian hospitals, with patients who received the treatment passing large kidney stones more often than the placebo group. The outcomes could led to a reduction in patients requiring more complicated treatment, including surgery.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news