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Kidney stones often are diet-related, (eating excess animal protein, not drinking enough fluid, or consuming excess salt), but may have additional causes as well.
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It said excess fluid had been drained from his lungs to ease his breathing.
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If a breast implant springs a leak, the body simply excretes the excess fluid in urine.
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Zorman said doctors will be monitoring Giffords closely to make sure the excess fluid doesn't return.
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Dialysis removes excess fluid, salt and wastes from failing kidneys, which builds up in bodies.
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The lungs are given oxygen and nutrients, can be treated with antibiotics to tackle infection, and excess fluid removed.
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On Saturday, Mr Zuma's office said Mr Mandela was breathing without difficulty and that excess fluid had been drained from his lungs.
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It said Mr Mandela had developed a pleural effusion - excess fluid in the lungs which had been drained to enable him to breathe more easily.
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The early diuretics replaced a brutal way to eliminate excess fluid through the use of tubes that were placed below the skin of swollen, edematous tissue to relieve the pressure.
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Almost 90% of babies born with this type of spina bifida have hydrocephalus, excess brain fluid.
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Giffords had hydrocephalus after she was shot, a condition where an excess of cerebral-spinal fluid puts pressure on the brain.
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