Kidney stones are fairly common now, regardless of age or gender. Kidney stones are the formation of hard mineral deposits ...

Kidney stones are a painful problem. Diet is important for prevention. Stones form from substances like calcium and uric acid ...

"Stone formation is part of a natural, healthy process within kidneys where these tiny mineral deposits are shuttled away and excreted from the body," Fouke said.

When the CT scan of a 35-year-old patient appeared on the screen, Dr. Mai Van Luc from the Department of Urology and ...

The research found that zinc may be the core by which stone formation starts. The study, led by UC San Francisco, opens a new perspective into the cause of urinary stones and related diseases and ...

Thomas et al. 12 found that 37.8 per cent of persons with calcium oxalate stone formation had at least one other with stone formation among their first-degree relatives whereas only 9.5 per cent ...

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 ...

SANDYSTON -- "Hidden in plain view" is the way that Keith Utter and Jim Palmer describe the numerous mysterious placed rock formations that abound in the Sussex County area. At 1 p.m. on Sunday ...

Ongoing research: fatty liver disease and kidney stones. One of the newest areas of research is the connection between fatty liver disease—now referred to as metabolic-associated steatotic liver ...

"Stone formation is part of a natural, healthy process within kidneys where these tiny mineral deposits are shuttled away and excreted from the body," Fouke said.