Struvite stones, also known as infection stones, are kidney stones made of magnesium ammonium phosphate. Struvite stones are often associated with urinary tract infections and other conditions.

Over half a million Americans rush to emergency rooms each year clutching their sides in agony, victims of a condition that’s been described as more painful than childbirth: kidney stones.

Kidney stones, also known as hard deposits of minerals and salts that form in the kidneys, are becoming more common in children. The condition, while not deadly, can be painful. Kidney stones are ...

Warm weather brings days at the beach, sunscreen and ... kidney stones? Researchers say people who don't stay properly hydrated face a higher risk of these painful mineral deposits as temperatures ...

Later, she received an unexpected diagnosis: kidney stones, typically an affliction of older adults. Now 25, Pleskoff, a Seattle native who has endured more than 30 kidney stones, is part of a ...

Thirty years ago, kidney stones were considered a disease of the middle-aged white man. Now doctors are increasingly seeing a different kind of patient suffering from the extremely painful ...