CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Advanced microscope technology and cutting-edge geological science are giving new perspectives to an old medical mystery: How do kidney stones form, why are some people more ...
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the twelfth leading cause of death and seventeenth of disability. Recent work has ...
Kidney stones were once considered a problem that only affected a few but now they are have become one of the primary health ...
Perfect circles of stones cover the ground in parts of Alaska and the Norwegian islands of Spitsbergen. Elsewhere in the far north, stones form other striking patterns on the ground: polygons, stripes ...
Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology, details the link between obesity and kidney stones and what this could mean for the future of ...
While drinking more water remains the primary recommendation, doctors suggest adding flavourful options that alter urine chemistry and inhibit stone formation.
Advanced microscope technology and cutting-edge geological science are giving new perspectives to an old medical mystery: How do kidney stones form, why are some people more susceptible to them and ...