Discover the 6 telltale signs of kidney stones that send half a million Americans to emergency rooms yearly, plus prevention ...

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 ...

Anyone who has ever had a kidney stone will probably never forget it. “They can be incredibly painful,” said pediatrician Christine Ashburn, with Kaiser Permanente. Kidney stones are formed ...

Obesity does not only put individuals at risk for heart disease and diabetes—it's also a leading cause of kidney stone disease. Kidney stone disease is increasingly recognized as a chronic condition ...

Stone disease, one of the most painful of urologic disorders, is not a product of modern life. In fact, scientists have found evidence of kidney stones in a 7,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. A kidney ...

Recent study is the first to show improved survival of patients on dialysis whose kidney failure is due to kidney stones vs other causes Kidney stone-related kidney failure (KF) is associated with ...