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

For clinicians, bladder stones (vesical calculi) are less a disease and more a symptom of a deeper problem, usually stasis or obstruction.

Although the stones are quite large and multiple, making the difficulty quite high… let’s try.” In the operating room at Asan Medical Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, Professor Park Joo-hyun, who led the ...

Scientists think snakes and lizards could help them find new ways to prevent painful kidney stones and gout in people. And it all owes to an evolutionary trick. Reptiles don't just pee; they ...

Donating a spare kidney is one of the most precious gifts of life a person can give. But the act may come with more tradeoffs than commonly advertised for men. Research out today finds that many men ...

On a recent morning, Rebecca Johnson woke up with back pain. She tried to shrug it off. “I thought maybe it’s an old mattress or I have sciatica,” said Johnson, 37. “I took a Tylenol and went to work.

A magnetic device may be able to remove kidney stones more efficiently than standard approaches, avoiding the need for repeated surgical procedures. Kidney stones occur when minerals in urine ...

Engineers and clinicians have found that adding light-absorbing nanoparticles to surgical saline can make laser kidney stone removal up to seven times more efficient, without raising heat risks or ...

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DIAGNOSED WITH END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE. MOST PATIENTS WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT HAVE TO WAIT UP TO FIVE YEARS TO GET ONE. FOR TIM ANDREWS. IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN EVEN LONGER, AND I KNEW THAT ...