Kidney stones are more common than you might think, and misinformation can lead to unnecessary panic. These hard mineral ...

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? How does he stop ...

Kidney function declined significantly more in the nephrolithiasis group over approximately 3 years: -16.53 vs -12.82 mL/min/1.73 m², the investigators reported. Nephrolithiasis was independently ...

Studies for an acute kidney stone episode may, in some situations ... Typically the radiation dose may lie in the range of 1 to 5 mSv, but procedures such as angiography and stent insertion may ...

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, ...

Neutrophil-to-HDL ratio could be a simple and effective predictive marker for kidney stones that may enable early diagnosis and intervention. A higher neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ...