Study: Exercise cuts kidney stone risk in women

FILE - Nicole Wells works in a community garden at the Sherwood Presbyterian Church in Sherwood, Ore. on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Women have another good reason to exercise: It may help prevent kidney stones. You don't have to break a sweat or be a super athlete, either. According to the study, which was to be discussed Friday, May 3, 2013 at an American Urological Association conference in San Diego, the exercise intensity didn't matter - just how much women got each week. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Women have another reason to exercise: It may help prevent kidney stones. You don't have to break a sweat or be a super athlete, either. Even walking for a couple hours a week can cut the risk of developing this painful and common problem by about one-third, a large study found.