University Hospitals opens a specialized Stone Clinic, revolutionizing kidney stone care by offering rapid, comprehensive ...

The number of people suffering with kidney stones is becoming more prevalent, researchers and doctors say, attributing those increases to changes to diet and chronic dehydration. Kidney stones are a ...

If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know how painful and debilitating it can be. A sharp, stabbing pain in your lower abdomen. A dull ache spreading from your lower back to your groin. Intense ...

At University of Utah Health, our urologists are highly trained and experienced in a full range of surgical procedures for kidney stone removal, in addition to non-surgical care. We also have the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thirty years ago, kidney stones were considered a disease of the middle-aged white man. Now doctors are increasingly seeing a ...

At UAB Urology, we’re proud to offer one of the nation’s leading kidney stone care programs, providing expert treatment to thousands of patients each year. Our faculty has advanced training in ...

The kidneys appear to harbor an antibiotic-responsive microbiome that can influence calcium-oxalate stone formation. Specific bacteria colonies in kidneys may promote or prevent kidney stone formation ...

Ryan Hsi, MD, associate professor in the Department of Urology, Division of Endourology and Stone Disease at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Kidney stone disease research is the focus of a ...

Approximately 11% of adult stone formers likely have some genetic predisposition. Mendelian monogenic stone diseases are uncommon among adult kidney stone formers, according to investigators. They ...

When we talk about stones forming inside the body, we often talk about two types of stones - one is kidney stone, and the other is gallbladder stone. While both sound similar, and indeed are to 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 condition, ...