Hard Habits: What Kidney Stones Teach Us About Behavior Change

About this episode

The episode explores the challenges of behavior change through the lens of kidney stone prevention.

Why is it so hard to change our behavior, even when we know what we should be doing? Host Emily O'Brien sits down with urologist and DCRI faculty member Dr. Chuck Scales to discuss the science of behavior change and surprising findings from the PUSH trial, the largest kidney stone prevention trial to date. 🔗 Access resources related to this episode: https://dcri.org/blog/s2-ep-14-hard-habits-what-kidney-stones-teach-us-about-behavior-change

People in this episode

Host: Emily O'Brien

Guest: Dr. Chuck Scales

Topics covered

• behavior change
• kidney stones
• health
• PUSH trial
• urology

Keywords

• behavior change
• kidney stones
• PUSH trial
• urology
• health behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Duke Clinical Research Institute

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