Medical sleuthing linked muscle, kidney problems to kava tea
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
When a 34-year-old bicyclist was found collapsed on a roadside and rushed to the University of Rochester Medical Center emergency room on the verge of kidney failure and muscle breakdown, doctors were surprised to discover that a trendy tea derived from the kava plant was the cause of his ills.
