Riding on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad helped sufferers of kidney stones pass the unpleasant deposits AlamyWalt Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad warns guests to expect a rollicking journey on a runaway train, where they travel “under a booming waterfall, past rock formations, and dodge a rumbling boulder”. What it doesn’t say is that the rumbling boulder is sometimes in their urinary system. Research found yesterday that a trip on a rollercoaster can do wonders for your kidney stones. The theme park rides, it turns out, can help people to pass the unpleasant calcified deposits that have tormented humans throughout history, including the actress Ava Gardner, who reportedly shocked her nurses by swearing in agony,…

Source: The Times September 26, 2016 23:12 UTC