A 22-year-old medical student was shocked to learn during an in-class ultrasound demonstration that there was a large kidney ...

Millions suffer from agonizing kidney stones, with a high recurrence rate. Understanding the four types—calcium, struvite, ...

A medical student in New York volunteered in class to have an ultrasound, which showed a large mass on her right kidney. Aria ...

More children around the U.S. are getting kidney stones, a condition now wrongly associated with “white, middle-aged men”, experts say. The stones are pebble-like clusters of minerals and salts that ...

What causes kidney stones, how can you prevent them, and when is surgery necessary? Kidney stones are among the most common ...

Aria Moreno is a medical school student who now also happens to believe firmly in the power of fate. “I saved an organ ...

Have you had your water today? Well, you should, because your kidneys need it. About 10% of people will get kidney stones at some point in their lives. More than half a million people every year are ...

Do you tend to drink less liquids in winter? A kidney specialist warns that reduced water intake during winter may increase ...

According to a global survey in 2021, there were 106 million new cases reported with the incidence rising substantially since ...

Obesity can increase your chance of kidney stones. Experts don’t know exactly why this is, but losing weight may help lower your chance of developing them. Obesity is a chronic health condition ...

Tamsulosin works no better than placebo on small kidney stones, but does improve passage of more large kidney stones than placebo does. The results of this large clinical trial evaluating tamsulosin ...