The Doctor goes to church
Published: Friday, January 18, 2008 Canadian doctors are warning drinking too much water may cause loss of kidney function - something they discovered purely by accident. Researchers have been studying the health of residents of Walkerton, Ont., since the water supply was contaminated with E. coli in 2000. They identified 100 otherwise healthy adults who had a condition called proteinuria, or abnormal amounts of protein in their urine. None had any medical conditions or were on medications that would explain why. Proteinuria can cause kidney failure and is a sign of microvascular disease,...
article toolbox 
photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag
