When the CT scan of a 35-year-old patient appeared on the screen, Dr. Mai Van Luc from the Department of Urology and ...

Olympic gymnast Suni Lee, who is nominated for Best Comeback Athlete at the 2025 ESPY Awards, opened up on the red carpet ...

Val Chmerkovskiy revealed he passed a kidney stone while on his flight home from Spain. The DWTS pro detailed the “excruciating pain” he felt in his back and side during the ordeal.

The study showed that the misuse of antibiotics, when they are applied to situations where they are not needed, can alter the kidney microbiome to favor the stone-boosting bacteria. "Urologic diseases ...

A kidney stone is a hard object, which can be as small as a grain of salt or as big as a golf ball, made from chemicals—calcium oxalate, uric acid, struvite, and cystine—found in our urine.

Some 11% of men and 9% of women get kidney stones, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Here's what kidney stones are, what causes them and how you can expect to have them treated if they ...

Medicare covers several types of kidney stone removals when medically necessary. They include lithotripsy, shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and others.

Val Chmerkovskiy revealed he passed a kidney stone while on his flight home from Spain; The DWTS pro detailed the “excruciating pain” he felt in his back and side during the ordeal; ...

Kidney stone disease is increasingly recognized as a chronic condition closely tied to metabolic health, with obesity standing out as a major risk factor. Conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, ...

While many people recognize kidney stone disease only when pain strikes, it is important to understand that the disease can have subtle, silent signs that go unnoticed. “About one in 10 people will ...

A 2016 study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology analyzed kidney stone incidence among 15-to-19-year-olds in South Carolina from 1997 through 2012.

Research highlights modest associations between fatty acid consumption and kidney stone prevalence, emphasizing the need for refined dietary strategies. Study: Associations between dietary fatty ...