'Diabetes risk in kidney stone treatment'

Shock wave therapy used to treat kidney stones may increase the risk of diabetes, reported four newspapers . The newspapers accurately reflected the conclusions of a retrospective cohort study. However, the study had some methodological limitations, and the findings are only relevant to one particular type of shock wave therapy.

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