Urinary stone disease is common, associated with substantial morbidity, has a high recurrence rate, and affects quality of life.1,2 Consumption of large volumes of fluids is a foundational strategy ...

More and more kids today are being diagnosed with “adult” diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. But can kids get ...

Drinking more water can help prevent kidney stones—but it’s not that simple. A new study in partnership with Duke researchers shows many patients can’t keep up, helping explain why stones often return ...

Kidney stones can cause some of the most intense pain people ever experience, affecting daily life and leading many to hospital emergency visits.

Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of ...

Adam Maxwell, a research associate professor in the Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering recently took to the Virginia Tech’s Curious Conversations Podcast to outline a new treatment for kidney ...

When Broadway star Billy Porter, 56, went to the hospital last September for kidney stone pain, he found himself trapped in a ...

Did you know that a seemingly ‘normal’ abdominal pain or back pain may indicate something serious? Kidney stone pain may ...

Jeff Kallis, founder of KidneyCouch.com, a “a supportive and informative space for kidney cancer patients.” When I asked you to do this interview, you asked if KidneyCouch could be on the cover of the ...

Are you experiencing severe pain in your lower back? Is there blood in your urine? Do you have difficulty urinating? You may have a kidney stone, a rock-like deposit created from high levels of ...

Kidney stones can cause multiple symptoms in men. These symptoms can be mild or severe, depending on how big the stone is and where it is exactly in the urinary tract. Usually, people start to feel ...