Pet owners have heard the warnings to keep certain poisonous houseplants away from their pets, such as Dieffenbachia (dumbcane), Philodendron, peace lily, and pothos.

High sodium diets, sedentary lifestyles and not drinking enough water are to blame. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When Lisa Garnes received a call from her daughter's daycare saying that 3-year-old Emma was complaining of back pain, she never dreamt the cause would be a condition often associated with middle aged men: kidney stones. "They said that Emma was doubled over in pain and saying that her back hurt her," says Garnes. Garnes took her to the pediatrician, who suggested it was a urinary tract infection.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyalume Technologies Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corp.) announces that, due to its recent acquisition of Cyalume Technologies, Inc.

SACHEM is expanding its Avanta AC(TM) product line by offering a new precipitating agent, Avanta AC(TM) 4210.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My son, 34 years old, has had eight kidney stones in the past 10 years. His doctor hasn't said anything about prevention. What can he do to end this? Could this all be genetic? His older brother has had one stone attack, and his father had stones.