Roller coasters are fast and exciting. But passing a painful kidney stone is not. The process is painful and can take a long time. But American researchers have found that a roller coaster ride just might help those suffering from a kidney stone. They say such rides help patients pass the stones with a 70 percent success rate. The findings come from researchers at Michigan State University. They published their findings in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. David Wartinger led the study. He says he became curious after hearing many stories of people who passed kidney stones after going on a fun ride at a theme park in Florida. Patients told him that after riding a “roller coaster at Walt Disney World, they were able to pass their kidney stones.” One man even said he passed three different stones after going on the ride more than once!
Title: Roller Coaster Rides Can Help With Painful Condition
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1433/roller_coaster_therapy.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Roller Coaster Rides Can Help With Painful Condition' data-article-id='1934'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4167'>Roller coasters are fast and exciting.</span> <span data-start-time='4167' data-end-time='8750'>But passing a painful kidney stone is not.</span> <span data-start-time='8750' data-end-time='14583'>The process is painful and can take a long time.</span> <span data-start-time='14583' data-end-time='24167'>But American researchers have found that a roller coaster ride just might help those suffering from a kidney stone.</span> <span data-start-time='24167' data-end-time='31917'>They say such rides help patients pass the stones with a 70 percent success rate.</span> <span data-start-time='31917' data-end-time='37542'>The findings come from researchers at Michigan State University.</span> <span data-start-time='37542' data-end-time='44542'>They published their findings in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.</span> <span data-start-time='44542' data-end-time='48500'>David Wartinger led the study.</span> <span data-start-time='48500' data-end-time='60813'>He says he became curious after hearing many stories of people who passed kidney stones after going on a fun ride at a theme park in Florida.</span> <span data-start-time='60813' data-end-time='69438'>Patients told him that after riding a “roller coaster at Walt Disney World, they were able to pass their kidney stones.”</span> <span data-start-time='69438' data-end-time='77458'>One man even said he passed three different stones after going on the ride more than once!</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1433/roller_coaster_therapy.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7378 data-hint-location='48500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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