Kidney stones are pebble-sized deposits that form when there’s too much salt and minerals in your urine. Learn whether men or women are more at risk, what passing one feels like, and how big ...

“If you then see little sand particulate in your toilet, that’s a pretty big red flag” for the beginning of a kidney stone, he said. Another unexpected sign that there might be something wron ...

A number of people — including teenagers — are developing kidney stones. But, the chances of developing kidney stones can be reduced by what goes into the body.

He also advised to watch out for any sort of “mucus” or what appears like sand or gravel at the bottom of the toilet as that is another potential symptom of a kidney stone developing.

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), belonging to the Research Institute for Molecular Imaging Technologies (I3M), has developed, ...

His lower right side was aching, and he was throwing up. At the emergency room, it turned out that he was passing a kidney stone. He’s only 13 years old – isn’t that much too young?